Recurring Cult Clashes: Ogun Lawmakers Seek Joint Efforts Of Security Forces To End Menace

By Raymond Osho

ABEOKUTA – Ogun State House of Assembly has made a renewed call on the State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun to, as a matter of urgency direct the entire security apparatus domiciled in the State to restore normalcy in Ogun East Senatorial District.

The Speaker, Rt. Hon. Olakunle Oluomo made the call while lamenting the incessant killings in Ijebu-Ode, Ijebu North East, Ijebu East and Odogbolu Local Government Areas of the State.

Residents of the communities are currently experiencing loss of lives resulting from clashes among rivalry cult groups.

The Assembly challenged all concerned stakeholders, especially the Judicial Arm of Government to evolve more legal measures at ensuring stringent bail conditions for suspected cultists and anyone involved in related cases.

This, the Assembly said would help in curbing the reoccurrence of cult-related clashes across the State.

Rt. Hon. Oluomo also lauded the efforts of the State Police Command in combating crimes and criminologist across the state, especially the working visit of the Police Commissioner to the affected areas as part of moves to sought for improved collaborative efforts of other security agencies, including the military to wage war against the menace.

Earlier in their presentations the lawmakers had intimated the Assembly of the show of supremacy amongst the cult groups in the Ijebu axis of the State in recent time with cases of death and casualties recorded and thereafter sought to the intervention of the State through the immediate deployment of security agents to prevent a state of anarchy.