20-year-old cultists’ henchman conceals weapon under hijab, kills 4 persons
20-year-old Mariam Abiola has been a henchman for a cult group, Eiye confraternity since she fled her parents’ home and has so far killed four persons.
The youngster made the confessions during a parade of alleged criminal persons by the Lagos State Police Command on Monday.
Abiola said she was initiated into the cult group after she fled her parents’ home in Abeokuta, Ogun State.
She confessed that she concealed her weapon under her hijab wear whenever she was assigned to strike her leaders. She gets a sum of N10,000 on each assassination carried out, she confessed.
“I ran away from my house in Lafenwa, Abeokuta to Lagos to look for work. I met Sodiq when I got to Lagos. He took me to his house at Ilasamaja and initiated me into Eiye cult group,” she told reporters at the parade.
“He took me to an herbalist, who gave me a black substance to eat. He told me that their work was about killing people. He gave me a gun and taught me how to shoot. I learnt how to shoot by shooting on the wall.
“I shot on the wall three times before I learnt how to shoot. Brother Sodiq gave three of us guns and pictures of persons to kill. He trained three of us. Two boys and myself.
“I have killed four persons. Each time that I want to go for the killing, I usually wear a white gown and a white head scarf (Hijab). Brother Sodiq usually showed us the target’s house.
“We go to the house at night. The two boys will scale the fence and open the gate for me. We go straight to the apartment and shoot at the target at close range. None of our targets survived. I killed one guy at Fadeyi area of Lagos, another one at Hassan in Ilasa, one at Aje.
“Each time we killed someone, brother Sodiq would pay me N10,000 but he would pay the others N20,000 each. I do not feel bad after killing anyone because I see it as a job I paid to do.”
