Some of the suspects and weapons recovered by the Edo State Police Command during the parade of 32 suspected robbers and kidnappers in Benin City, yesterday. Photo: Barnabas Uzosike.
BY DAUD OLATUNJI
ABEOKUTA — There was a free-for-all, yesterday, when members of rival cult groups engaged one another at Idowa in Odogbolu Local Government Area of Ogun State, leaving four persons dead.
Vanguard gathered that three men and a housewife lost their lives in the violence.
It would be recalled that in the last three weeks, both Eiye and Aiye cult groups have been terrorizing Ijebu-Ode.
A source said that one man, popularly called Epo, was killed last night by some members of the Eiye cult group and in a reprisal attack, three persons were reportedly killed, including a woman, who was shot dead instead of her husband, known as Alapo-Iresi, who was said to be on the run.
It was further gathered that the fleeing husband was said to be a member of the Eiye cult group and one of the hit-men for the group in Idowa-Ala-Omu area.
Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Muyiwa Adejobi, could not be reached at press time for comment.
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