Cultism now act of terrorism in Ogun, says Gov Abiodun
Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun has declared cultism and social menace in the state as acts of terrorism, warning that his administration would deal with suspected cultists as terrorists.
The governor, who made the declaration at the Akarigbo’s Palace in Sagamu on Friday at a stakeholder’s security meeting, said his administration has had enough and was ready to deal with the matter once and for all.
“I am declaring cult members and cult activities here as an act of terrorism, I am taking these as a test of this administration’s will.
” I have sounded a note of warning at times past, I am resounding a fresh note of warning to all cult members, to their parents, to their landlords, to their sponsors.
“From today, we are considering cult members and other criminals as saboteurs to the economy of not just this local government area, this town but this state. We will consider them as terrorists, I will deal with them as such.
“I have instructed our law enforcement agencies to smoke these people out, I have told the Commissioner of Police that he has no other job until every single member of this cult is found out,” he stressed.
Abiodun disclosed that his administration would establish a Joint Intervention Squad made up of the military, Police, Department of State Security, Civil Defence and local vigilantes to deal with cultism and other related crimes, especially in Sagamu.
The squad, the governor said, would be provided with necessary equipment while its headquarters would be sited in Sagamu Local Government Area of the state.
