Amid increasing cases of kidnapping, rape and other crimes in Lagos State, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode has said the state government is ready to offer amnesty to cultists willing to renounce their membership of cult groups and turn a new leaf.
Ambode, who stated this in Ikorodu at the ongoing One Lagos Fiesta, said his administration had perfected plans to use 2017 to rehabilitate all those involved in one form of criminality or the other and are ready to be law abiding, with a view to making them live normal lives and contribute meaningfully to the society.
The governor noted with concern the rising spate of cultism and other crimes, especially in the Ikorodu axis, saying though government has capacity to deal with such crimes, amnesty was being offered to encourage those willing to turn away from their old ways and embrace new lives.
