No Gun Can Pierce My Body- Cult Leader

No Gun Can Pierce My Body- Cult Leader

The leader of a cult group who was arrested arrested over

the weekend by the operatives of the Rapid Response

Squad (RRS) of Lagos State Police Command in has said

that no amount of gun – shot can penetrate his body.

The cult suspect, Andrew Awalebi, 35, who belonged to Eiye

Confraternity, was arrested on Friday morning at a beer

parlour in company of three other cult members around

8:00 a.m.

Two other members of the cult group, Adegoke Adeleke

(30), Kehinde Adebogun (31), were also picked up early

Saturday morning at an hotel in Ikorodu.

Awalebi, from Ilaje Local Government, Ondo State was

given out by Michael Thompson of the same Eiye

Confraternity as a cult leader. Thompson was arrested a

night before for robbery in National Stadium Surulere, Lagos.

Awalebi, who disclosed that he worked with a popular land

owner in Lekki stated that he earns N40, 000:00 monthly

from the property dealer for helping to protect his landed

property in the axis.

He told investigator that the gun – shot protective charm

was specially prepared for him by an herbalist in Ijebu –

Isiwo, Ogun State to save him from gunshots of land

grabbers in Lekki.

He added "I was initiated into Eiye Confraternity in 1996 by

Banji Omisore and later in 1997 I was promoted as its

topmost leader after the death of Omisore.

"We are eight member cult group. We meet very early in the

morning or late at night. I have been arrested by Special

Anti – Robbery Squad sometimes ago when my cult group

caused mayhem in Jakande Estate, inflicting injuries on

passers-by in the area,"he disclosed.

Arrested alongside Awalebi were Michael Thompson (24),

Adegoke Adeleke (30), Kehinde Adebogun (31), Koffi

Kwame (17), Daniel Olayiwola (36) and Tosin Issac (26) as

they all confessed to be members of Eiye Confraternity.

While confirming the arrest, the image maker of Lagos

Police Command, Superintendent of Police, SP Dolapo

Badmus, warned parents and guardians to be wary of their

children and wards' behaviors.

"Charity begins at home. But this should end there. Parents

should help police to tackle cultism in their respective

localities. They should endeavor to report to the nearest

police station around them if they suspect movements of

their children, this will help the Police to nip the cultism to

the bud," she advised.

The cult suspects have been transferred to the State

Criminal Investigative Department (SCID), Panti for

prosecution.