A 35-year-old cultist, Andrew
Awalebi, arrested by operatives of the Rapid Response Squad, RRS, Lagos State
Police Command, has boasted that no bullet can penetrate his body because of a
local “Bullet Proof” prepared for him by a herbalist in Ijebu-Isiwo, Ogun
State.
bullet Andrew Awalebi Andrew Awalebi, arrested along with Michael
Thompson, 24; Koffi Kwame, 17; Daniel Olayiwola, 36, and Tosin Issac, 26, in
Jakande Estate, Ajah area, Lagos suburb, belongs to Eiye Confraternity. He was
arrested in the early hours of Friday at a beer parlour in company of three
other cult members. Two other members of the cult group, Adeleke Adegoke, 30;
Kehinde Adebogun, 31, were arrested at a hotel in Ikorodu. The Ondo State-born
leader of the cult group, Awalebi, was reportedly ratted out by Thompson, who
was arrested a night before for robbery at National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos.
Awalebi, who disclosed that he worked with a popular land owner in Lekki,
stated that he earns N40,000 from the property dealer for helping to protect
his landed property in the axis.
He told detectives: “The protective charm
(Ayeta), was specially prepared for me by a herbalist in Ijebu-Isiwo, Ogun
State, to shield me from gun attack by land grabbers in Lekki. “I was initiated
into Eiye Confraternity in 1996 by Banji Omisore and later in 1997 I was
promoted as overall leader after the death of Omisore. “We are eight in number.
We meet early in the morning or late at night. I was arrested by SARS sometime
ago, when my cult group caused mayhem in Jakande Estate, inflicting injuries on
passers-by in the area.” While confirming the arrest, the Public Relations
Officer, Lagos Police Command, Superintendent Dolapo Badmus, warned parents and
guardians to be wary of their children and wards’ behaviours. She urged
residents to report to the nearest police station around them any suspicious
movement, “as this will help police nip cultism in the bud.” The suspects have been
transferred to the State Criminal Investigative Department, SCID, Panti
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