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SHOCKING….I killed 3 rival cult members to earn promotion, women, food, others— Suspect

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Following the incessant killings by rival secret cult groups, the Kwara State Police command on Friday paraded some suspects who are linked to various criminal acts in the state, ROYAL NEWS reports.

 

Among the suspects was a top secret cult member, Tijani Olagunju, who confessed to killing three rival cult members in order to get promotion to the number two position of his group in Ilorin zone.

He confessed that he used his late Nigerian Army Captain father, AbdulAzeez Olagunju’s pistol to carry out the killings, adding that he was chosen by his gang members to be the executioner of rival cult members in superiority brawls.

Tijani, a member of the Eiye Confraternity is a drop-out student of the University of Ilorin and joined the secret cult gang in 2019.

According to him, “The accompanying benefits of being number two person in the zone include food, drinks, women and money.

“My gang members picked me as their hitman (executioner) to accelerate my rise to the number two position in the Ilorin zone.”

Speaking with journalists in Ilorin, Kwara Police Spokesman, Ajayi Okasanmi, disclosed that the suspect was arrested for belonging to a gang of thieves and cult gang.

Okasanmi stressed that, “the suspect during one of the cult’s escapades, himself and the other suspects at large, armed with one English Pistol and a locally fabricated pistol went and attacked and killed one Ismaila Alabi a.k.a Abbey, a barber at his barbing shop in Agbooba area of Ilorin on 21st of April.

“Tijani further confessed that sometime in February 2021 he also shot and killed one Emmanuel, a student of Human kinetic Education, University of Ilorin, in a bid to fast track his ascension to the top position in his cult group. Upon enquiry as to the source of his weapons, he confirmed that he took possession of his late father’s pistol, a retired army captain which he used in the killings he participated in.

“The pistol according to him is currently with a member of the Eiye cult group presently at large. Investigation into the matter is ongoing for possible arrest and prosecution of the suspects.”

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