Vanguard
reports that two persons lost their lives yesterday during a cult clash between
members of Eye (Air lords) and Aiye (Black Axe) confraternities at
Aleke Oke-sopin, Ijebu-Igbo in Ogun State.
The State Police
command, which confirmed the incident, said it had arrested three
suspected cult members.
The
Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Muyiwa Adejobi, in a statement
said some dangerous weapons recovered from the groups include
cutlasses, pairs of scissors, two guns, some expended and live cartridges,
their groups’ paraphernalia and some charms.
Adejobi also
said corpses of one Abiodun Adeniye, 28, and Taiwo Yusuf, 24, who
were shot dead during the fracas have been kept in a mortuary in Ijebu-Ode
for post-mortem examination.
He said
“the Commissioner of Police, Ogun State, CP Ikemefuna Okoye has however directed
all relevant anti-crime teams in the command to relocate temporarily to Ijebu
axis for adequate protection of lives and property and to curtail any cult
clashes and other social vices.
The
police boss appealed to the people of Ijebu Ode and Ogun State to collaborate
with the police and other security agencies to succeed in the war against
cultism in the state and provide security to all and sundry in the state.
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