Ogun Government Declares Cultism Act of Terrorism

Category: Nigeria News 

The Governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun, has said cultism activities in the state have now become an act of terrorism.

He made this declaration on Friday during a stakeholders’ security meeting at the Akarigbo’s palace in Sagamu.

Abiodun, who said he had sounded a note of warning at times past, gave a fresh note of warning to all cult members, their parents and sponsors.

“I am declaring cult members, cult activities here as an act of terrorism, I am taking these as a test of this administration’s will.

“From today, we are considering cult members and other criminals as saboteurs to the economy of not just this local government, this town, but this state. We will consider them as terrorists, I will deal with them as such.”

He added that he has ordered security operatives in the state to smoke out the perpetrators and those who engaged in cultism and that his government would create a Joint Intervention Squad made of the military, police, Department of State Security, Civil Defence and local vigilante, to deal with cultism and other related crimes, especially in Sagamu and other parts of the state.