Fourteen suspected members of the Eiye secret cult were on Wednesday remanded by an Ilorin Magistrate court.
They were allegedly involved in cult clashes which occurred over the weekend in Ilorin, Kwara State capital.
Newspot recalls that the state police command arrested 46 suspects allegedly involved in cult related violence which broke out in Ilorin metropolis at the weekend, leading to the death of one person and scores injured.
The police information revealed that the complainants, with injuries sustained on their faces as a result of the attack, reported at the police station that they were attacked for inquiring why the transaction of N6,000 they did at the Point of Sales (POS) with one Ibrahim Rasheed was not successful.
According to police investigation, the suspects assaulted them and in the process, carted away phones valued at N2.3 million, one Rolex wrist watch, N500, 000 cash and vandalized their vehicles.
The police report further alleged that the suspects and others at large are members of Aiye and Eiye secret cults who went on rampage attacking, maiming, killing innocent people and destroying their properties in Ilorin metropolis and environs.
The trial Magistrate, Issa Agbetola, refused the suspects’ bail applications moved by their counsels and ordered that they be kept in Mandala Correctional facility till May 8, 2024.
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