A self-confessed cultist, Aroba
Jamiu, has said members of his cult group do not drink human blood but become
very violent when provoked.
He said this when he was paraded
alongside other suspected cultists by men of the Lagos State Police Command
yesterday.
Jamiu said he was arrested by the
Police when he stepped out to buy a cigarette after initiating new members in
Obalende area of the state.
He told newsmen that he was
forcefully initiated into cultism.
The suspect, who was clad in his
confraternity’s full regalia during the parade, disclosed that he was arrested
when he came out of the initiation venue to buy a stick of cigarette.
He said: “I am the
second-in-command, but I am not a robber. We just finished initiating new
members into our group in a hotel around Obalende and I came out to look for
cigarette, when I saw people running.
“I stood where I was because I
did not know what was after them. Before I knew it, some policemen came and
arrested me.
“I was initiated into the group
without my knowledge 10 years ago. On that day, a friend invited me for a
drink. But on getting to the supposed joint, some boys held me, blindfolded me
and started beating me.
“Later they removed the blindfold
and informed me that I had been initiated into Eiye confraternity. Before then,
I used to think that cult members were students of higher institutions, I never
expected to be one because I am just a welder.
“We do not drink human blood
during initiation. We only become vicious when anyone steps on our toes.”
During preliminary investigation,
Jamiu, who confessed to be the group’s second in-command, was discovered to
have been on the Police wanted list, over an alleged murder of a member of a
rival cult member, five years ago.
Weapons such as axes, knives and
cutlasses were reportedly found on the arrested suspects.
Speaking while parading the
suspects, Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Police Command, Fatai
Owoseni,
said the arrest was made during raid at a crime-prone area in Obalende area,
where criminals used as haven.
He said: “Some cult groups
identify certain days as revenge day. Such as August 8 (8/8). More suspects of
the 8/8 phenomenon have been arrested and these are some of them. They would be
charged to court accordingly.”
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