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Tension at Abesan Estate, Ipaja as cult war claims four lives

Four people have been feared killed in a clash between rival cult groups in the Lagos State Low Cost Housing Estate, Abesan, Ipaja, Lagos State, reports The Gazelle news.

This medium learnt that the clash was between members of the Eiye and Aye cult groups and as at the time of writing this story, four people have been reported killed.

According to reports, trouble started on Boxing Day, Saturday, 26 December, 2020 when two members of the Aye group were reportedly attacked and macheted by the Eiye group.

The reprisal attack allegedly by the Aiye group has reportedly led to the death of four people.

Presently, there is uneasy calm at the estate, the biggest of all the low cost housing estates established by the administration of Alhaji Lateef Kayode Jakande in 1980.

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