{"id":95754,"date":"2023-09-19T11:19:34","date_gmt":"2023-09-19T10:19:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/cult-killings-ogun-govt-imposes-curfew-on-sagamu"},"modified":"2023-09-19T13:26:24","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T12:26:24","slug":"cult-killings-ogun-govt-imposes-curfew-on-sagamu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/cult-killings-ogun-govt-imposes-curfew-on-sagamu","title":{"rendered":"Cult killings: Ogun govt imposes curfew on Sagamu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Following recent clashes among rival cult groups, the Ogun State Government has announced a seven-to-six curfew on Sagamu town.<\/p>\n<p>The government said all forms of movement in Sagamu would be restricted from 7pm to 6am.<\/p>\n<p>The government urged residents of Sagamu to abide by the restriction order pending when security agencies restored normalcy.<\/p>\n<p>This was made known in a statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Lekan Adeniran, on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is to notify residents of Sagamu and its environs of total restriction of human and vehicular movement as a way of taking firm control of the security architecture of the area and protect the lives of the people and their property,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>He implored residents of the Sagamu to cooperate with security agencies in order \u201cto restore normalcy and bring perpetrators of these dastardly acts to book.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>No fewer than 20 persons were said to have been killed by cultists between Saturday and the early hours of Monday in Sagamu.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Following recent clashes among rival cult groups, the Ogun State Government has announced a seven-to-six curfew on Sagamu town. The government said all forms of movement in Sagamu would be restricted from 7pm to 6am. 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