‘45 youths killed by cultists in Ilorin in one year’

The National President of Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union (lEDPU), Ambassador Sheikh Uthnan-AbdulAzeez, has said 45 youths were murdered by suspected cult members in Ilorin from 2017 to date. AbdulAzeez gave the figure in Ilorin yesterday at an interactive session organized by the union with Islamic clerics and Chief Imams of various mosques in Ilorin […]

The National President of Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union (lEDPU), Ambassador Sheikh Uthnan-AbdulAzeez, has said 45 youths were murdered by suspected cult members in Ilorin from 2017 to date.

AbdulAzeez gave the figure in Ilorin yesterday at an interactive session organized by the union with Islamic clerics and Chief Imams of various mosques in Ilorin emirate and beyond.

The interactive session was aimed at reminding the clerics to centre their sermons during Ramadan and beyond on eradication of social vices in Ilorin emirate.

He said several residents of the emirate and beyond were living in perpetual fear of insecurity of their lives and property.

“It saddens the union that several youths in Ilorin are now smoking Indian hemp including some Islamic clerics”, he added.

The Chief Imam of Radio Kwara, Ilorin, Uztas Olayiwola Abdulsalam, in his remark, urged his colleagues to always be conscious of what they wrote and uttered during sermons to ensure a peaceful society.