Husband of a slain housewife killed during cult clash in Owo, in Owo local government area of Ondo state, Alhaji Abdulkareem Adedokun, on Wednesday, rained c$rses on the killers of his wife and son.
Adedokun, an Islamic cleric in the town, who recounted how his wife and son were attacked and brutally murdered in her shop,
expressed deep sorrow over the unfortunate incident.
The cleric in a heartfelt Facebook post lamented the tragic killing of his wife, Temitope Adedokun, and their young son, Abdul Malik Adedokun, by cult members on January 6, 2025.
He said “the most painful part of it is how politicians started playing politics with the death of my wife and son.
“They all know that no members of the Adedokun family have ever participated in cultist activities before.”
The Imam however, invoked the authority of his grandfather, Almustaph Adedeji Jika Anabi, who is credited with introducing Islam to Owo and much of Ondo State, to lay a c$rses on those responsible for the deaths.
It will be recalled that five persons were murdered by suspected cultists during a bloody clash in the ancient Owo.
Some of the victims of the cult clash include, Fisayo Oladipupo, a chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), and a mother and her child.
The development led to the imposition of a dawn-to-dusk curfew in the town by the state governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, following the violent cult clashes and security disturbances in Owo.
Meanwhile, eight suspects have been arraigned before an Akure Chief Magistrates, over the cult killings in the ancient town.
The suspects arraigned include Ogunseyila Oladimeji (28), Olabode Ojo alias Popo (30), Adeola Bero (30), Olayemi Ayodele (20), Ijalade Femi, Ijarotimi Taye (42), and two sisters, Bisi Gbenga (25) and Esther Gbenga (20).
They are facing five-count charge of conspiracy, cultism, murder, illegal possession of firearms, and illegal possession of stolen vehicles.
Police prosecutor, Inspector Nelson Akintimehin, the court that the offences were committed on January 6, 7, and 8, 2025, around 10:30 a.m. in Owo town.
Akintimehin alleged that the suspects were members of the Alora and Ave secret cults, and claimed that the suspects used firearms and other weapons to murder Fisayo Oladipupo, Oladimeji Alawis (19), Adedokun Malik (10), and Adedeji Rafiu (46).
According to him the second and third defendants, Ojo and Bero, were found in possession of a double-barrel gun and nine cartridges.
The prosecutor said that the seventh and eighth defendants, who are siblings, Bisi and Esther, were found with a Toyota Camry with registration number GGE 393 HM (Lagos) and an unregistered Lexus ES350 vehicle.
He said the suspects could not provide satisfactory explanations for, which were suspected to be stolen.
Akintimehin alleged offences contravene Sections 516, 319, and 430 of the Criminal Law of Ondo State, 2006, as well as Section 1(1) and (2) of the Secret Cults and Similar Activities (Prohibition) Laws of Ondo State, 2006.
The court did not take the suspects’ pleas due to a lack of jurisdicwritten application was submitted by Akintimehin, requesting their remand at the Olokuta Correctional Centre pending advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
The defence counsel, Danial Onu, requested for an adjournment to allow the defendants to file counter-affidavits against the prosecutor’s application.
Chief Magistrate Sunday Adedapo, granted the defence’s request and adjourned the case to January 28 for a reply to the affidavit and ruling, while the seventh and eighth defendants were granted bail of N500,000 each, with one surety in like sum.
All the defendants were ordered to be remanded in police custody till the next date of adjournment.
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