Parenting is a full-time job and there is a need to be deliberate about it because if the foundation is faulty, it may be difficult to ever be able to put the child back on track. A 20-year-old self-confessed sniper of the dreaded Eiye confraternity in Lagos State, has confessed to killing four people between December 2017 and July, 2018 after she was arrested by police operatives attached to Ilasa Division, Lagos.
Mariam Abiola on Monday, said she joined the confraternity after fleeing from her parent’s home at Abeokuta, Ogun State, Sahara Reporters gather.
Abiola, who admitted dropping out of school in Senior Secondary School 3, was arrested on Monday morning. The girl, who was arrested together with three male accomplices said it was easier for her to operate unnoticed wearing a hijab. She told reporters she usually wore white Jalabia and hijab to hide the gun when going to assassinate her targets.
She told police interrogators that a member of her gang whom she described as an herbalist always prepared charms for her before she embarked on any major operation. She claims she collects 10,000 Naira for each killings but kills members of rival cult for free.
According to her, she was an armourer and an executioner for the cult group. She added that they usually gave her the picture of a target and identify the person’s house. She would then go and carry out the heinous task.
Abiola said she was paid N10,000 for each of the four persons she killed for her group at Ilasa, adding that one Sadiq taught her how to use the gun.
She says she feels no remorse for killing, as it is a job for which she was paid.
”I ran away from my house in Lafenwa Abeokuta to Lagos to look for work. I met one Mr. Sodiq when I got to Lagos. He took me to his house at Ilasamaja and initiated me into Eiye cult group.
He took me to an herbalist, who gave me a black substance to eat. He told me that their work was about killing people. He gave me a gun and taught me how to shoot. I learnt how to shoot by shooting on the wall.
I shot on the wall three times before I learnt how to shoot. Brother Sodiq gave three of us guns and pictures of persons to kill. He trained three of us. Two boys and myself.
I have killed four persons. Each time that I want to go for the killing, I usually wear a white gown and a white veil (Hijab). Brother Sodiq usually showed us the target’s house.
We go to the house at night. The two boys will scale the fence and open the gate for me. We go straight to the apartment and shoot at the target at close range. None of our targets survived. I killed one guy at Fadeyi area of Lagos, another one at Hassan in Ilasa, one at Ajeh.
Each time we killed someone, brother Sodiq would pay me N10,000 but he would pay the others N20,000 each. I do not feel bad after killing anyone because I see it as a job I paid to do.”
Parading the suspect, Police Commissioner Imohimi Edgal advised parents to monitor their wards.
“It is worrisome. Her confessions are startling, chronicling the number of killings. Apart from being an assassin, she was also an armourer for the gang.”
