Lagos residents stunned by bodies lying on the road after suspected clash between Aiye and Eiye cult groups
By Jeph Ajobaju, Chief Copy Editor
Residents of Idimu in Lagos were gripped with fear when they woke up on Sunday morning and discovered the bodies of two men, one of them beheaded, in what locals described as the aftermath of a clash between two cult groups.
The killings occurred late Saturday night, but the corpses were only discovered lying several meters apart on Sunday morning on Oladun Road, with stunned residents and passersby gathered around them.
Lanre Ajao, a resident, identified one of the deceased as Baba Oja.
“We woke up to see their lifeless bodies on the road this morning. We cannot immediately identify the one with a severed head but the other person is Baba Oja. He is very popular in this area,” Ajao told The PUNCH.
“He was also known to always mingle with some boys who ran after flashy cars to collect money from the drivers around Council bus stop. We still saw him yesterday controlling traffic for some of the flashy cars.”
Another resident, Jamiu Raji, said the nature of the killings indicated cult violence.
He recounted that “We found out that the incident was not just a fight. It is related to a cult attack because of the way the two of them were killed. However, incidents like this are not common in this area. That is why people were shocked to see this.”
The bodes remained at the scene for nearly 10 hours before police eventually arrived.
Another resident who did not want his name mentioned for security reasons said the families of the victims were made to pay some money before they could be allowed to take the corpses away.
In February, at least three people were killed in separate cult clashes in Mushin in Lagos and in the Lantoro area of Abeokuta in neighbouring Ogun.
The cult clashes stemmed from renewed disputes between members of the Aiye Confraternity and Eiye Confraternity.
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