Crime
Two gunned down as suspected rival cult groups clash
Two suspected cultists have been gunned down in a clash by members of a suspected rival gang in Osun State.
According to inside source , National Daily Newspaper gathered that the rival gang members stormed the beer parlor at Onimo junction, where the victims, identified as Machine and SK, were drinking.
The traditional ruler in the area, Onimo of Imo, Oba Olaniyi Agunbiade, said he was watching a football match around 8 p.m. when he heard gunshots of about 4 round of sounding shots.
He added that the gunshot made him knew this was not a joke as he quickly had to put a lot of things in place, calling his chief and everyone he could contact as at the time of the incident National Daily Newspaper gathered .
He said he immediately alerted the Ijamo Police Divisional Officer, to notify them of the scenario happening in his area , which the security operatives of the Nigeria Police Force swiftly responded to the distress call.
“The deed has been done before the arrival of his men.
“Corpses of the victims were removed by the police for investigation,” he said.
Yemisi Opalola, spokesman of the state police command, confirmed the incident in a conversation with an inside source.
“It was a clash between two suspected rival cult groups.
“It was a case of a suspected cult gang gunning down two members of another suspected rival cult group,” she said.
Opalola said an investigation has opened on it, and the culprits would be brought to justice she added .
