Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has directed security agencies to quell suspected cultism in the state.
In a statement released by his Chief Press Secretary, Abiodun recalled that there were loss of lives and properties resulting from cult clashes, emphasizing that such losses could have been prevented.
To address the situation, the Governor has implemented a dusk-to-dawn curfew on human and vehicular movement in the affected local government.
Security agencies have been instructed to eradicate cultists and cult-related activities from the area.
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He urged residents to actively cooperate with security agencies by providing valuable information to prevent future occurrences.
He said:
“As a responsible and responsive government, we are very sad with the resurgence of activities of criminal elements under different outlawed groups, raising unnecessary tension in the sleepy town of Sagamu and its environs.
“Let me categorically state that we are more than determined to put an end quickly to these nefarious activities of these hoodlums and enemies of our people; who are hellbent to truncate the peace of our land. Let these urchins be rest assured that the state will be too hot for them to operate as we are reevaluating the security architecture for greater surveillance and tactical operation.
“Following recent clashes among rival cult groups in Sagamu, the Ogun State government has announced restriction of movement from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. This is to notify residents of Sagamu and its environs of total restriction of human and vehicular movement as a way of taking firm control of the security architecture of the area and protecting the lives of the people and their property.
“The police and sister security agencies have been given a matching order to deal ruthlessly and decisively with those disturbing the peace of the town. The new security approach would be implemented in collaboration with the traditional institution, community and religious leaders, youth groups as well as other critical stakeholders.
“We, therefore, implore the residents of the area to abide strictly by this restriction order and cooperate with security agencies to restore normalcy and bring perpetrators of these dastardly acts to book immediately.”
