The assault in Igboho city in Oyo State the place a bunch of secret cult members allegedly set a car and a store on hearth over the refusal of their deceased chief’s son referred to as Rasheed Dimeji to imagine the cult management stool, has brought about widespread apprehension within the city.
Hassle began instantly after the demise of the key cult society’s non secular chief, Pa Ismail, which created a vacuum on the management stool of the key cult group.
In keeping with the custom of the key cult society, the vacant management place is to be crammed by the surviving son of the immediate-past late chief, Mr. Rasheed Dimeji.
Nonetheless, Mr. Rasheed has refused to take up the duty and has consequently fled the city to an undisclosed location over security issues whereas all efforts by the key cult group to find him and forcefully set up him as their subsequent chief have proved abortive.
The members of the key cult have been enraged by what they referred to as a disrespect to their age-long custom.
Whereas believing that Rasheed’s mom knew his whereabouts however has refused to reveal identical to them, they’ve assaulted the previous and poor widow in some ways, together with setting ablaze the household’s car.
The poor previous widow, whereas narrating her ordeal recognized herself as Mrs. Muslimat and the mom of Dimeji.
“I suspected the key cult members from Igboho to be liable for setting ablaze the car after that they had earlier burnt down my store this 12 months,” she acknowledged.
When requested why the group was concentrating on the household and their property, she stated: “As a result of my son refused to be their subsequent chief. They vowed that they’d do every part doable to carry him residence to be put in as their chief.
“Although, earlier than his father died, he informed him that consistent with the household custom, he would succeed him because the non secular chief of a secret cult society in Igboho; he informed him this to organize him forward of time however he instantly refused to be a part of any secret cult society primarily based on his spiritual ideology.
“A number of occasions, the cult members would invite him to conferences, however he wouldn’t honour the invites. So ultimately, when his father handed on, he left the city when the cult members insisted he have to be put in as their chief.”
“I did my finest and appealed to him to simply accept the custom, however he refused,” added the widow.
She additional famous that that they had additionally refused to put in one other particular person to the management stool, saying the cult members insisted Mr. Rasheed Dimeji should take the management of the key cult.
The matter, in response to Mrs Ismail is presently been investigated by Police operatives within the space.
