Posted on: 12:03 Wed, 11 Nov 2015



A 28-year-old suspected cultist who
was arrested along side four others
in Oshodi area of Lagos, has revealed
how he was able to evade police
arrest after they (police) invaded
their hide out. They visibly
disturbed, suspected cultist said he
had to scale a fence to escape from
the hot zone.

According to the father of two who
identified himself as Rasheed Oseni,
“I have been living on the streets for
three weeks. It was when I heard
gunshots that I scaled the church
fence. I removed all my clothes and
laid down beside a man inside the
church.

I was arrested inside a church after I
jumped the fence to evade police
arrest that night. I live on the streets
because I don’t have
accommodation.”

Crime Alert learned that operatives
of the State Criminal Investigation
and Intelligence Department,SCIID
Panti, Yaba, made a break through
following the arrest of five notorious
cultists in Oshodi area of the state.

Their arrest, according to reports,
came after the gang unleashed
mayhem in Oshodi while attacking a
rival cult group; an ugly trend that
has assumed a frightening
dimension in recent times.

According to Police sources, the
cultists were arrested by the Police in
different parts of Oshodi with
charms, cutlasses, and a military
emblem which they used during
their operations.

Crime Alert gathered that while
Rasheed Oseni scaled through a
church fence to evade arrest, another
suspect, Yulsuf Ganiyu, who had
machete wounds in different parts of
his body reportedly jumped into a
canal when police officers were
searching for him.

Suspects account: In his defense, 28-
year-old Yusuf Ganiyu, who had
machete wounds on his feet and
hands told Crime Alert that he was
sleeping when he heard sounds of
gunshots. “I was sleeping at Olayia
Street at Mafoluku area of Oshodi
when I began to hear sounds of
gunshots.

Motorcycle accident
When the officers came to my house,
they didn’t see me because I had
escaped. I jumped into a canal to
escape their arrest but I had to come
out when they attempted to impound
my motorbike. I started smoking
Indian hemp last year.” Yusuf said
he sustained the wounds on his feet
and hands via a motorcycle accident.

Denying the allegation, another
suspect, Uzoma Nwampa, 23, who
was among the gang that attacked
police officers with broken bottles
said; “ I am from Abia state. I am a
Bricklayer.

I live at Abayomi Street, Oshodi. I
was arrested on October 26 at about
2am. I wasn’t feeling too well so, I
took drugs and slept in the shop. It
was when I was sleeping that I was
arrested.”

Another suspect, Monsuru

Adegbesan, 39,said; “ I am a meat
seller and an Okada rider. I sell at
Ogunolokon market. I don’t have a
house. I sleep on top of my bike at
night because I don’t want them to
steal my motorbike. I had a deflated
tire, that was why I didn’t work that
evening. I didn’t know that cultists
have been fighting since morning.”

In his own account, Tope Adeymi,
25,said; “I am a conductor. I live at
Ijoko area of Ogun State. I have a six
month old baby. I have been a
conductor for two years. But I have
not been able to raise money to get
an apartment in Lagos. Usually after
working, I go back to Ogun State.”

Source: Vanguard