SAGAMU CULT KILLINGS: GOVERNMENT REELS OUT SECURITY MEASURES, ORDERS ARREST OF PERPETRATORS - Infopalavanews

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Wednesday, 20 September 2023

SAGAMU CULT KILLINGS: GOVERNMENT REELS OUT SECURITY MEASURES, ORDERS ARREST OF PERPETRATORS

 



                                           As part of measures put in place to further curb the cult killings and  ensure security of lives and property in Sagamu Local Government Area of the State,  the Ogun  State Government has reeled out strong  security notice to all the indigenes and  residents  of the area. 

                                        The security measure among others were contained in a statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the State Government,  Mr. Lekan Adeniran, who assured residents of government intervention at ensuring  security of their lives and property by curbing the killings and arresting all the perpetrators involved in the acts.

                                        The statement notified  "residents of sagamu and its environs of total restriction of human and vehicular movement  as a way of taking firm control of the  security  architecture of the area and protect lives and property as no perpetrator will go unpunished.

The state government therefore urged residents to abide with  the  restriction order as non-compliance would result in great consequences". 

                                            In a related development, the Chairman Sagamu Local Government,  Hon. Jubril odulate during an interview with journalists in his Office said  serious measures had been put in place to curb the ugly incident. 

According to him, "to curb the insurrection and ensure adequate security in Sagamu,  operating hours for Okada riders and Marwa Operators have  been restricted from 6.00am to 7.00pm until further notice,  while  those engaging in nudity  entertainment businesses have been prohibited  in the Community,  no loitering of "olosho" on the  road sides".

                                      Hon. Odulate disclosed that security operatives had swung  into action by patrolling and for searching for their hideout as part efforts to nip the unrest and killings in the bud, saying presently several arrests had  been made by security agents, assuring that government was on top of the situation to end the killings.         

                                              The Chairman frowned at the rate at which innocent people lost their lives in the supremacy battle among cult rivals. and reiterated Prince Dapo Abiodun's zero tolerance to cultism and criminality in the state, urging people to adhere strictly to the restriction notice as non compliance would  result to serious consequences.                                                                                                              ,Some of the residents  of Sabo, Makun, Ijagba, Isalẹ - Oko, Baruwa, Ojumele, Ajegunle  that were contacted  on the cult killings were still in shock and afraid of talking on the issue for now.                                                                                  ,,They appreciated government prompt responses while many of them expressed their displeasure over the wastage of lives during the cult rival killings. They all concluded that it was only  government that could end cultism in the society.                  They advised that government should fish them out and punish those found guilty to serve as deterrents.                                                                              

                                                


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