Two friends, Wasiu Olaitan, 31, and Frank Mmanko, 29, were on Monday killed in the Okokomaiko area of Lagos State when cultists belonging to the Eiye Confraternity attack the community.
The suspected cultists, numbering about nine, invaded the area around 6.15pm on three motorcycles, shooting indiscriminately, also injuring a pregnant woman
Speaking to The Punch, a friend to the deceased, narrated that, “The victims were ordinary people. None of them had anything to do with cultism. We were together that day in my house watching television until there was a power outage and we left the room for fresh air outside.
“Mmanko asked us to accompany him to buy slippers because the one he was putting on had become old. The three of us went to buy the slippers.
“As we were walking back home, we saw some guys with guns on motorcycles. While one of the deceased was calling my attention to the fact that the guys did not look like policemen, they disembarked from the motorcycles and started shooting indiscriminately.
“We decided to flee. I ran into one compound and scaled the fence to another building. My friends were running straight and entered into a compound to hide.”
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He added that the cultists pursued Olaitan and Mmanko into the building and killed them.
Confirming the incident, the state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bala Elkana, stated, “Two persons were killed in that attack and a woman was injured and she is recovering. We have arrested 14 suspects and charged them. It was a cult attack. We are on the trail of the ringleader, one Sola Okoko Danger.
“The command’s Anti-Cultism Unit and the Operation Crush have taken over the matter. Investigation is ongoing to unravel those who carried out the killing of innocent people in the Okokomaiko area.”