23 YEARS OLD MAN ESCAPES DEATH, RUNS FOR DEAR LIFE FOR REFUSING TO JOIN SECRET CULT
A 23 year old man, Mr. Lovely Ejime, an indigene of Owa-Alero Community in Ika North-East Local Government Area of Delta State, Nigeria Mr. Lovely Ejime has escaped death on the 6th of February 2014 after he was stabbed by members of Aro-Barger Fraternity for refusing to join their secret cult.
Effort was made by the newsmen to interview Mr. Lovely Ejime at his Hospital Bed on the 7th day of January, 2015.
Speaking during the interview, he said, "A friend of mine just left the hospital before you guys came in. He was here to inform me that those Aro-Barger Fraternity boys are still waiting for me to return from the hospital so that they can come and kill me since I have recovered.
" So for now, I don't know what to do, but I think it is good for me to find my way of the town or if possible out of the country for the safety of my life because I was already making plans for it before this ugly incident happened to me," he said.
Speaking further, he explained that he was at home on that fateful day, February 6th, 2014, when one of his friends who is a cultist brought the cult boys to attack him. He said they beat him up and stabbed him on his stomach just because he refused to join their secret cult.
He also stated that the Cultists have come to his house more than seven times to beat him up and force him to join them, but he refused, until they decided to come again with their evil intension on the 6th day of February, 2014 to terminate his life, saying but to God be the glory, he survived the attacks.
While appreciating God for saving his life, Love Ejime noted that he would have missed his lovely wife and beautiful children, (a boy and a girl) behind to start suffering if the culprits have succeeded in sending him to his early grave.
Speaking with Ika Weekly Newspaper Reporter during an interview, Chairman, Vigilante Group, Ika North-East Chapter, Mr. Monday Okafor disclosed to newsmen that he was told that those members of Aro-Barger Fraternity have been threatening to kill Lovely Ejime for refusing to join them.
According to him, "Cultism is one of the major challenges will have been facing in Owa-Alero Community as security operatives in the area. With the support of the Police and other security agencies, like Anti cult, Ika Security Network,(ISN) etc, have made huge efforts trying to stop the killings of the innocent souls by these cultists, but all our efforts to achieve such vision proved abortive due to the fact that non of the cultists is willing to renounce the cultism.
"I was on patrol with my team on the 6th day of February, 2014, exactly one year ago, when the distress call came from one Mr. Christopher Ucheka, telling me to rush down to Aliegwe Quarters with my team immediately that those cultists have stabbed Mr. Lovely Ejime on his stomach that as it is, he doesn't think he is alive due to the fact that all his intestines were seen on floor where he was lying down with the pool of blood.
"On reaching the scene of the incident, we discovered that Lovely was beaten up mercilessly by the cultists before stabbing him with their knife."
Continuing, the Vigilante Chairman stated that the cultists have killed many people who refused to join their fraternity just they refused to join them.
Also speaking in an interview, the Divisional Police Officer, (DPO) Owa-Oyibu Police Divisional Headquarters, SP Monday Osayi advised youths to shun cultism and all forms of criminal vices, saying that from now henceforth, any cultist that is arrested for illegal possession of fire arms as a cultist will be made to face the wrath of the law.
The DPO noted that his joy is that Mr. Lovely Ejime did not die, despite the fact that he spent over one year at the hospital.
He assured the masses that the police will continue to do her best to fish out the culprits as well as reducing criminal activities to its barest minimum. He advised the general public to report immediately to any of the nearby police station whenever the information of whereabouts of the Aro-Barger Fraternity members get to them.
As at the time of filing this report the police and other security agencies were putting all measures in place to get the culprits arrested.
Ika Weekly Newspaper Reporter also learnt that the cultists have vowed to kill Lovely Ejime whenever they set their eyes on him, unless he agrees to join them.
