When a 16-year-old member of the famous Abogun family
confessed that she was initiated into cultism and lesbianism by the younger
sister of her uncle’s wife, her parents immediately contacted the police.
The girl’s confession was made after she was caught while
attempting to sneak out of the house with some items demanded by her cult
members.
The victim told the police that she was initiated last year through a friend who gave her some strange demands.
She said: “it was
Tope who introduced me into lesbianism and cultism early last year. On Friday,
at about 7-8pm, I received a call from Tope that I should bring my red jacket,
which is the cult uniform and a jack-knife for her. While I was attempting to
sneak out of the house to meet her, I was accosted by my brothers who checked
the bag I was carrying and found the cult jacket and the jack-knife. They
called on my parents who demanded to know how I got those items.
“Initially, she forced me into becoming her lesbian partner.
She threatened me that if I failed to do it, my life was at stake. When I
became her lover, we took a blood oath as Tope used a blade to cut my hand and
licked the blood. She also cut her hand and asked me to lick the blood. She
threatened that she must not see me with anyone, whether male or female but she
was free to go out with others as she has other lovers. I have been her lover
for over a year now and I became her lover before I completed my secondary
education.
“After Tope introduced me to lesbianism, she forced me into
their cult. The night I was initiated into Aiye cult, I was blindfolded.
Members of the cult gave me a gun to take an oath, declaring that I would not
reveal anything about the cult to anyone. They said if I ever revealed anything
about the cult to anyone, the same gun that I used to take the oath would be
used to take my life. Thereafter, about twenty of the males present at the
initiation slept with me one after the other.
She then talked about her first sojourn into robbery and
holding and safe keeping a gun for the cult.
She continued:
“Two months ago, I stole my father’s N50, 000 and gave to
her. There was a time she gave me a gun to keep for her. I kept the gun in my
book-shelf two days. She gave the gun to me because she said she couldn’t take
it home. Later, she collected it and gave it to a member of the cult. I really
don’t know what they use the weapon for. The red jacket which is the cult
uniform was given to me by Segun. He is the leader of the Aiye cult. Since I
became a member, I haven’t been able to go anywhere with them because of how
difficult it is for me to leave home as my parents don’t allow me out after
6pm, and most of their activities are usually in the night. There was a time
they asked me to trail my elder brother because they said he is arrogant.”
The girl who allegedly gave her the gun, 18-year-old Tope agreed
that she gave the gun to Kemi because she was afraid of taking it home and
denied that she was into cultism.
According to Tope:, “I have known Kemi from my childhood. I am
a salesgirl. I was arrested because the victim said I introduced her into
cultism and lesbianism but I am not a cultist, and she didn’t give me money.
“I have not seen Kemi for more than a month now, since my
birthday which I celebrated on June 21. Although they fired a gun at my
birthday party, I don’t know who fired the gunshot but Samuel was with a gun
that night, and I know that Samuel is a cultist and he attended my birthday
party. It was a cult guy called Daddy that threatened that if I refuse to join
their cult, he will deal with me and shoot me in the legs with a gun.”
A Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Kenneth
Nwosu revealed the names and age of the suspects.
They are Temitope Famati, an 18-year-old lesbian, Ogunsan
Kemi , another 20-year-old lesbian, Oseni Lukman, 30; Chidi Okafor, 25; Musa
Kareem, 26; Austine Ebozoje, a 19- year-old pirate, Segun Sowumi, Olatokunbo
Babatunde, 18; Gbelebu Samuel, 17 and Hussan Azeez, 30, are among the cultists
arrested so far.
It’s said that these cults recruit these young girls as
armourers because they are not suspected like their male counterparts.
