Cultists again struck on Tuesday night at Kehinde Aderibigbe street, Olorunsogo, Molete area of Ibadan, Oyo state, South West Geo-Political zone of Nigeria, attacking, robbing and dispossessing a resident of his valuables.
The cultists numbering about 16 were led by two notorious hoodlums, one Lekan Adewale and Tobi Adesanya, who reside at №8 and 6 respectively of the scene of the robbery incident, in addition a woman, Mama Ayo, who operates a provision shop at № 6 was part of the gang.
The cultists who carried out the operation at about 8.15 pm in the night, with the aid of machetes, dealt their victim several blows before making away with his two phones and bag containing vital documents and other valuables.
Interestingly, the community has always been under the firm grip of the cultists, with the full support of the community leaders and the Landlords and Tenants Association.
Of note, is that these cultists are mostly secondary schools drop outs, without visible means of livelihood.
Most hotels, barbing salons, beer and ‘’Ogogoro joints are major bases of the cultists, who are always seen in the company of some compromised law enforcement agents.
Indeed, most shops in the community are occupied by agents of the cultists, who under various guises of engaging in petty trade, brain wash unsuspecting house owners, with the aid of charms, to part with their property documents and other valuables.
Of worry, is the fact that house owners in the community provide accommodation for these cultists. For instance, the Landlady of No 5 Kehinde Aderibigbe street, Olorunsogo, Molete Ibadan, Mrs. Ajayi and the owners of No 8 of the same street provide abode for the hoodlums.
Residents, who prefer to remain anonymous hint that these cultists are supporters and loyalists of unidentified political office holders whose appetite to acquire landed property were insatiable.
Even though the state government has a security architecture in place, little has been done to curb the activities of the cultists, who have continued to wreck havoc in most communities in the state.