Fresh onslaught against cultism and gang violence in Lagos State has led to arrest of no fewer than 185 suspects by special forces attached to Lagos State police command.

Vivian Kayode-Yusuf is the Founder, ‘I Need To Know Foundation’ (INTKF), a non-profit organisation that focuses on young adults, teenagers, and the community. She is also the Chief Operating Officer of L’Pacemaker Group.

Suspected cultists yesterday killed three members of the Odegu Security and Advisory Planning Committee (OSPAC), a local vigilance group in Emohua Council Area of Rivers State.

The Senate’s recent appeal to the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to reduce the number of security checkpoints on the federal highways should be regarded by the authorities concerned as an assignment of urgent national importance.

Again, another cult clash yesterday led to the shooting and beheading of a 34-year-old man in Calabar, Cross River State capital. In the past two weeks, over seven persons have been killed

Rampaging cultists have torched several houses in Ubima community, Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State in retaliation of an army attack.

In the last three months, cult activities leading to gruesome killings of rival cult members in Cross River State have been the order of the day, leaving residents worried of where the next attack would occur.

The rising cases of clashes between cult groups in the country have no doubt added to its present security woes. From Lagos to Rivers, Plateau, Akwa Ibom, Enugu, Federal Capital Territory....

It is so unfortunate that insecurity is still waxing strong in our polity despite all efforts of the government to bring the menace under control. Day in day out, people are being slaughtered like chickens and there is palpable fear in the heart of the masses.

The Rivers State police command yesterday confirmed a cult attack at the Rivers State University, which left one person dead. A final year student of the Department of Agriculture, identified as Prince Tuakabari, was shot and killed on Monday evening around NDDC Hostel in the university, which saw many students scampering for safety.

A final year student of Electrical Engineering, Cross River University of Technology (CRUTECH), was yesterday stabbed to death by suspected cultists.

The authorities and students of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile Ife, will gather at the Amphitheatre of the institution today to mark the 20th anniversary of a cult attack, which claimed the lives of five students. The attack carried out in the early hours of Saturday, July 10, 1999, led to the death of 21-year-old…