Sunday, a 20-year-old boy identified as Sunday, has drowned in a river at Lake View Estate, Amuwo - Odofin area of Lagos State, Nigeria, in an attempt to avoid being forcefully initiated into Icelander Confraternity.
It was gathered that residents of phase 1 and 2 of the estate are presently in fear because the members of the cult group are always freely brandishing their weapons and molesting residents at will.
The group is also known for dragging youths to the riverside where they are forcefully initiated. It was learned that anyone that refuses to be initiated will be given ultimatum by the group to either leave the estate or get killed.
Such was the fate of late Sunday. The deceased, a labourer, was alleged to have been dragged to the waterside last Monday, alongside one of his friends identified as Alabi, by one Tunde, popularly known as T-money. However, on reaching the waterside, Tunde and members of his gang began the initiation process by subjecting their victims to a session of battery.
At a point, Sunday resisted, and he was shoved by a member of the group. In the process, he jumped into the river and drowned. While the group concentrated on Sunday, his other colleague, Alabi, managed to escape from the danger zone. He later related what transpired to concerned residents of the estate.
Photo: Alabi
Sunday’s bloated body was in the river until the arrival of policemen from Festac Division. Crime Alert was, however, informed that the bereaved family prevented the Police from conducting an autopsy on the corpse, as they insisted on burying it beside the river.
At the moment, members of Icelander confraternity have fled the estate. Policemen were said to have combed the estate severally for their arrest but to no avail.
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