Govt issues stern warning to cultists after tragic attack on Famisin family

Ekiti State Security Advisers commander, Adewale Adegbola, has warned cultists and other miscreants fomenting trouble in the state to be ready for government onslaught as it has vowed not to allow anybody to rubbish its successes in the area of security.

Suspected cult members said to be about 20 on Saturday 30th of December 2023 attacked and razed down a house belonging to FAMISIN FAMILY. The eyewitness said the cultists were armed with dangerous weapons as they stormed the house around 1:00am. After shooting sporadically in the air, they poured petrol around the affected house and razed it down, trapping a 48-year-old mother and three children in the house, who did not survive the fatal incident.

One of the neighbours confirmed that she saw Mr Famisin and his daughter Elizabeth go to night vigil on Friday night before the incident occurred on Saturday.

The attack, according to a resident of the area, was a reprisal that led to the killing of a member of a cult group by one Famisin Eunice Tobi living in the house who, according to them she reported to the police leading to the death of the cultist in the police station.

Narrating the incidents to journalists, he added that while it was public knowledge that cultists were threatening to attack the house, the attack still came as a surprise. The fatal incident led to people being trapped and killed with all their property, including vital documents which were burnt, despite efforts by the state fire service (Ado Iworoko) to put out the fire.

The security adviser was surprised because the cultist hanged a threatening poster declaring war against the lady that she had no hidden place, because they have syndicates all over Nigeria. He, however, assured people of Omuo Ekiti and other parts of the state that the present administration will not shirk its responsibilities in fighting crime be it armed robbery, kidnapping or cultism.