Fear grips Lagos community as notorious cultists escape from custody

Apprehension has gripped residents of Ajegunle community in Olodi Apapa LCDA following the escape from custody of notorious cultists handed over to the police by the people.

It was gathered the suspects, including leader of Aiye cult in Ajegunle, Daisy Aiyenero, and his armourer, Taiwo Hassan, escaped from the custody of the Lagos Police Command’s Anti-Cultism base, Surulere, on May 31, few days after the community’s Crime Prevention Project (CPP) with the help of Police operatives from Layeni Division and Area B Command, arrested the suspects and handed them over to the unit.

The Nation gathered that while in the custody of Anti-Cultism Unit, the leader of the gang allegedly contacted some members of the CPP and threatened to kill them and their families for giving the police information that led to the arrest of his gang and recovery of arms, ammunition. Sources, who confided in our Correspondent, said some members of the community had already begun to relocate following news of the escape of the suspects.

They said the police have not been able to give the community any good explanation as to how the suspects escaped from lawful custody, adding that the officer-in-charge of the unit claimed that he released one of the suspects on bail but could not account for the other three.

It was gathered that members of the CPP, particularly, have been put under several pressure and had gone into hiding as a result of threats from the suspects. “We have been asking the Anti-Cultism unit what happened? But no tangible response has been provided. How was it possible for the suspects to escape lawful custody? As I speak with you, people have been fleeing the community and taking their families to safety. Nation