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Panic as cult clash claims life in Lagos

Published

11 months ago

July 25, 2025

There was palpable tension in the Omi-Ata area of Meiran, Lagos State, after some suspected cultists attacked and killed a rival member identified simply as Rahman.

PUNCH Metro learnt on Thursday from a resident who pleaded anonymity because of the nature of the incident that the clash happened on Monday when the armed men stormed the area and trailed the victim to his family’s house located in the area.

The resident noted that Rahman, upon sighting the armed men, escaped from the house and ran into another house in the area, but the attackers trailed him to the hideout and hacked him to death.

The resident said, “Rahman was an Aye member. He was killed by some Eiye guys. They trailed him to his family’s house, and I think he saw them and escaped from the house, but the attackers pursued him to another house that he ran to, where they captured him.

“He was hacked to death, and they also injured some people in the house. There was panic after the incident as some residents scampered for safety.”

Also sharing insight into the incident, an anti-cultism advocacy page, NaijaConfra, disclosed that Rahman’s death followed an earlier killing of his friend in the same area.

“A cultist named Rahman was killed on Monday night at Agbelekale, near Meiran, in the Abule Egba area of Lagos. The names of Eiye and Aye have been mentioned in the case.

“Sources say Rahman’s friend, Chidi, was earlier killed in the same area. After Chidi’s death, Rahman ran away but recently returned. He was killed on Monday night at Oyetoro Street, Omi Ata bus stop,” the page wrote.

The spokesperson for the Lagos State Police Command, Benjamin Hundeyin, had yet to respond to an enquiry sent to his line as at the time of filling this report.

PUNCH Metro reported a similar incident on Wednesday that a 26-year-old artisan, identified simply as Timehin, was killed during cult initiation rites in the Awoyaya area of Eti-Osa Local Government Area of the state.

Our correspondent had gathered that Timehin had been taken into a nearby bush late in the evening to be initiated as a recruit into the cult group before some suspected members of a rival cult group ambushed the initiation ground.

However, shortly after the rites began, some assailants believed to be members of a rival cult stormed the scene, shot sporadically and killed Timilehin in the process.

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PHOTOS: Court sentences Akwa Ibom pastor to 49 years imprisonment for r@ping and impregnating his teenage daughter

Published

18 hours ago

June 11, 2026

Oluwagbenga Olaoye

An Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo has sentenced a pastor, Apostle Williams Okon Bassey, to 49 years imprisonment for r@ping and impregnating his teenage daughter.

Hon. Justice Bassey delivered the judgment on Wednesday, June 10, 2026.

Bassey, of Mount Zion Lighthouse Full Gospel Church, Uyo, was arrested at his residence on Ibanga Street on November 7, 2019.

Police paraded him alongside four other men, Nsikan Udo, Iniobong Moses, Saviour Ukpong and Festus Etuk, who were also arrested for r@pe and incest. (See photos of the men and victims attached)

The victim revealed that her father started having s3xual intercourse with her at age 13.

The continuous s3xual assault led her to become pregnant on three different occasions and the pregnancies were aborted by her mother.

She added that her father always demanded s3x from her before paying her school fees or meeting her needs.

Bassey confessed to the crime but claimed the assault started when his daughter was 16.

“I called my daughter to come and scratch my back, as she was scratching my back, I became tipsy, my daughter climbed on top of me and I f3cked her. That was my first time of sleeping with my daughter and she was about 16 years old then,” the pastor confessed.

“I took her to her mother’s place in Eket, after telling her that our daughter was pregnant, I handed her over to the mother who promised to get rid of the pregnancy.

“After the pregnancy was terminated, I continued having s3x with her each time I have misunderstanding with my wife.

“She became pregnant the second time. I still returned her to the mother who still took her to abort the pregnancy.

“When she returned the second time, I continued the act of s3xing her which resulted in the third pregnancy and the mother still took her for abortion.”

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Police launch manhunt after Nigerian man escapes from prison van in London

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18 hours ago

June 11, 2026

Oluwagbenga Olaoye

Authorities in the UK are hunting a Nigerian man who escaped from a prison van in southeast London.

Temitope Segun, 25, was last seen in the area of Woolwich High Street at around 6.40pm on Monday after he absconded from a prison transport, the Met Police said.

He was being taken from Bromley Magistrates Court to HMP Thameside when he assaulted a guard and managed to escape, the force said.

Private contractor Serco confirmed it was transporting the prisoner, and said it was “investigating”.

Segun was last seen wearing a black jacket, black trousers and black trainers, and is believed to have links to Plumstead, Abbey Wood and Woolwich.

Detective Sergeant Claudine Manning, who is leading the search, said: “My team of dedicated officers are working around the clock to trace and apprehend Temitope Segun.

“It is imperative that the public contact police via 999 if they see him – or know where he may be.

“He was last seen wearing a black jacket, black trousers and black trainers and has links across south London.”

Police have urged the public not to approach Segun and to report any sightings.

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PHOTOS: Abducted Kebbi Islamic cleric d!es in bandits’ captivity

Published

18 hours ago

June 11, 2026

Oluwagbenga Olaoye

A cleric of Jama’atu Izalatil Bid’ah wa Ikamatis-Sunnah (JIBWIS), Alhaji Muhammad Maibarga, has d!ed in bandits’ den.

The Islamic cleric was kidnapped alongside his friend, a former chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Koko/ Besse local government area of the state.

A video allegedly released by their abductors showed the late cleric in deteriorating health condition before he was later confirmed d3ad.

The Police Public Relations Officer of the Kebbi Police Command, SP Bashir Usman, confirmed his d3ath to journalists on Wednesday, June 10, 2026.

“We are aware of reports concerning the victim’s deteriorating condition and d3ath in captivity,” he said.

A family friend to the late cleric, Usman Aliyu, said efforts were on to secure his release from his abductors, when he d!ed due to his deteriorating health conditions.

The family were making efforts to meet the demands of his abductors.

“They are still looking for money demanded by the bandits so that he could be released to them, but we are devastated by the news of his d3ath in the hands of those that kidnapped him,” Aliyu said.