A secret cult identified as Omo-eleye is now terrorising the residents of Agege, a Lagos suburb.
The new cult group emerged in the area following the crushing of the notorious Awawa cult group by the police.
Before its final suppression by the police, there had been reports that the Awawa cult group with its over 2000 members, who were between the age bracket of nine and 40, were becoming more daring in their unlawful activities.
It was this development that caused law-abiding residents to swiftly report their violent activities to the law enforcers, who mounted a surveillance on them through overt and covert intelligence-led operations. A handful of them were later arrested and prosecuted while several other members of the group fled the area.
Meanwhile, the Eleye cult group that started as a youth group following the crushing of Awawa, has finally revealed its full identity as an offshoot of the Awawa confraternity. A Weeklong investigation by our correspondent revealed that the members of the outlawed group have formed the habit of converging on a recreational centre at Amao Street, Orile Agege, where they usually discuss matters relating to their nocturnal activities.
It was gathered that once in a week the new cult group would carry out a procession with their leaders brandishing dangerous weapons such as guns and cutlasses, while other members dance round the streets, chanting war songs.
“The Eleye group would religiously make their processions between 2am and 4am, with women and some street urchins dancing menacingly, while recklessly puffing weeds suspected to be hemp,” a resident said.
The police, our correspondent gathered, although are not unaware of the group’s activities, it’s baffling why they had yet to take any action against the cult group.
During one of such nocturnal processions on Tuesday last week Tuesday, the group sang dirges, challenging whoever had the audacity to cross their path.
While our correspondent has continued to investigate the group, their motive and their leaders, the spokesperson of the Lagos State Police Command, Assistant Superintendent Thomas – Cole, said his office had yet to receive any information about the cult group.
He assured that the group and its membership would be discreetly investigated.
“We shall do our job as professionals. Just leave the rest to us,” the police spokesman said.
