The Osun State Police Command on Monday, confirmed the killing of one person during a clash between two rival cult groups at Oke Ola area in Osogbo on Sunday.
Public Relations Officer of the Osun Police Command, Abiodun Ojelabi, revealed that it took the intervention of the police to quell the crisis.
“It was the police team that went to the scene of the incident that restored normalcy in the area.
“At the moment, we are on the trail of the culprits (the cult members), and they will be made to face the law when arrested,” he said.
MrOjelabi urged residents of the state to always report any breach of the law or suspected criminal activities to the police promptly.
It was learnt that the fracas ensued when some suspected members of a cult group in Osogbo, who were part of a masquerade’s procession, entered the territory of a rival cult group.
An eyewitness said that the clash, which occurred at about 7:00 p.m. on Sunday, snowballed into a gun battle, and one of the cult members was shot in the head and died on the spot.
(NAN)
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