The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Imohimi Edgal, has
said cultists will now be treated as robbers whenever they are arrested by the
Police, stating that he has ordered policemen in the state to shoot any cultist
found with a firearm...
The Police boss identified cultism as one of the major
security challenges bedevilling the state, stating that he is determined to put
an end to cult-related clashes in the state. Edgal, who made this remark while
addressing security stakeholders at the Area M, Police Command, Idimu, Lagos,
warned parents across the state to caution their wards who are members of
various cult groups to stay out of violence as he is prepared to deal
ruthlessly with any person found to be a cultist in the state. He also
explained that he discovered during interactions with stakeholders at the
ongoing security Town Hall meetings across the state that most areas don’t
experience violent crimes such as robberies and kidnappings, but suffer from
huge cult-related activities, which, he said, had claimed many lives. Edgal
admitted that most parts of the state are currently being terrorised by
cultists and vowed to crush them, as he is prepared to put an end to their
activities. He said the era where cultists are treated with kid gloves when
arrested is over, adding that he will deal with anyone who is caught with
firearms or any other dangerous weapon. His words: “Cultism is currently a very
serious issue we must tackle in Lagos State and everyone must be involved. I am
fully out to tackle it head-on and I urge parents to warn their children to
stay out of cultism and turn a new leaf because I am coming for them. “The era
where cultists apprehended with firearms are treated with kid gloves is over. I
have ordered my men to shoot at any cultist who is seen with a fire arm. This
is not a joke, parents must take this message home to their children and warn
them to desist from all cult-related activities henceforth. “I have also
strengthened the Anti-Cultism Department of the Lagos State Police Command and
I have directed them to move all out to track all cultists operating within the
state.
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