Cult groups seek forgiveness in another apology to Ogun monarch

For the second time in one month, another letter purportedly written by two cult groups, the Neo-Black Movement, popularly called Aye, and the National Association of Airlords, also known as Eiye Confraternity, has emerged on social media.

In the letter, they apologised and sought forgiveness from the Akarigbo and paramount ruler of Remoland, Oba Adewale  Ajayi, for their past misdeeds.

The cult groups also denied involvement in the recent assassination of a high chief of Akarigbo, Chief Abiodun Folarin, the Basogun of Itunsokun, Sagamu.

Three unknown gunmen who came in a Toyota Camry car on Monday, January 8, killed the chief.

The gunmen shot into the air to scare the people away, after which they went after their target, shot him dead and left the scene without taking anything away.

Some residents of the community had insisted that the chief was allegedly killed by cultists because of the role he had been playing recently in ridding the town of the menace.

The letter titled “Letter of Apology” and addressed to the Akarigbo and other traditional rulers and chiefs in the Sagamu community partly read, “We, the above-named confraternities wish to apologise again to the Akarigbo and paramount ruler of Remoland.

“This apology letter is jointly written so as to further assure our king and the entire Sagamu community of our readiness to peacefully co-exist and also abide by the rules and regulations of Sagamu community.

“May we also use this medium to let the paramount ruler and other traditional rulers in Remoland know that we know nothing about the killing of Basogun and we condemn the barbaric act in all sincerity.”

Asked if the palace of Akarigbo had received such a letter, the Baamofin of Remoland, Chief Bayo Onafuwa, said, “We saw it like everyone else. We can’t verify the genuineness.”

The two groups, in separate viral letters said to have been written in December and pleading for the forgiveness of the paramount ruler and the entire Sagamu community over cult killings of the past, found their way to social media about two weeks ago.

The groups had promised to cooperate with the community to stop any form of bloodshed and operate according to the rules of the land.