Suspected cultists smash sergeant’s head, threaten to wipe out his family

Detectives attached to the Area M Police Command, Idimu, Lagos State have arrested two members of a cult group, which threatened to wipe out a family living at the Gowon Estate, Egbeda.
A member of the cult group also smashed the head of a police sergeant attached to the Area M Police Command.
The sergeant, Adebayo Ehoda, was attacked when he and other policemen went to arrest some of the cultists.
Trouble started after Area M Police Command received a petition from Marsson Isa Clark, explaining that a member of the cult, identified as Igor, threatened to wipe out his family.
Although members of the gang scampered, eluding arrest, but two, Morris Sule, 31, and Amos Chibuzor, 27, were arrested after a tough battle with the police.
Sule and Chibuzor were arraigned on Wednesday at the Ejigbo Magistrates Court.
Speaking with New Telegraph before the arraignment of the duo, Courage Onoriode Erhuen, Clark’s lawyer, explained that his client was threatened by Igor, a Viking member.
The said Igor was allegedly issued the threat in the presence of over 40 people at the Gowon Estate.
The lawyer said Igor and Clark used to be friends, with Clarks always assisting him financially.
Things, however, fell apart, when Igor allegedly joined cultism and started inhaling illicit substances.
Clark withdrew his assistance, leading to friction.
When Igor threatened to kill Clark, his wife and children, the latter ran to report the matter at the Gowon Estate Police Station.
When two policemen from the station went to make arrest, the gang members alleged chased them away with bottlenecks.
Clark went to Area M Police Command, Idimu to report the matter.
When policemen came to arrest some of the gang members, Sule, who was with them, smashed the head of one of the policemen with a bottle.
Ehoda, was rushed to Igando General Hospital.
While others escaped, Sule and Chibuzor were arrested and arraigned.
They were arraigned on a five count charge.
The two men were granted bail and the matter was adjourned to May 19.
Erhuen said: “It was a case of threat to life of my client’s family and business by some cultists operating in Gowon Estate. Two of the cultists were arrested on Friday with machetes, while others escaped. Around 7am on Wednesday, within the Gowon Estate, two youngsters were butchered by the same group of cult members. Two cult groups, Vikings and Eiye, have become terrorists within Egbeda community. The police should treat this matter with all seriousness.
“In the process of trying to arrest some of the cultists, one of them smashed the head of a police officer from Area M Police Command with a bottle. This was after the Gowon Estate Police couldn’t arrest them at the initial stage. They broke so many bottles and chased the policemen away. We need the Lagos State Government to come to our aid and ensure protection for residents in Gowon Estate and Egbeda as a whole. My client’s life and that of his family are in danger even as we speak.”