Oriyomi Balogun, 30, (a.k.a. J-Prompt) a suspected cultist has been on the wanted list of the police for allegedly unleashing mayhem on residents of Shomolu and Bariga. READ HIS STORY
(a.k.a. J-Prompt) said he joined the Eiye Confraternity in 2009 to avenge the death of his best friend killed by members of Black Axe.
Although he was alleged to have been
involved in various armed robbery operations, the suspect denied the
allegation, insisting that he only involved in cult clashes.
He said: “I am a ‘Bird’. I belong to Eiye confraternity and we are always fighting with Aiye (Black Axe) over who controls the area. We also fight when they snatch our member’s girlfriend. I joined Eiye because Aiye members killed my best friend in 2009. His death pained me so much and Eiye
people came to me that they will help me to avenge his killing if I
joined them. I agreed and we killed Femi Wiper. We killed him during a
carnival. Lekan Akon was killed in 2010. Since then, I have not killed
anyone again but my members have been killing people.
“I was arrested last week while we were
chasing a robber who came to our area. Policemen from Alade Division
came and stopped us. They arrested me and took me to the station.
“They said I will have to wait for the
Divisional Police Officer (DPO) to come the following morning and that
my mother should come and bail me but when my mother came, the DPO said
they should not bail me.
“I do not regret my actions. I take
responsibility for it but I want to advise young people that cultism
does not pay. They should never repay evil with evil. Our government too
is not helping the youth. So many young people who do not intend to
take to crime are doing so because there is no assistance from
government,” he said.
Asked how he was able to escape each
fight unscathed, the suspect said as an ‘Alpha’, he has his charms,
adding that a herbalist was also invited to ‘cook’ them to become bullet
proofs.
Parading the suspect, Police
Commissioner Fatai Owoseni said he confessed to several murders in the
last six months, adding that he led the gang that razed popular house,
Mashafani.
THENATION
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