The new cult conflict in Alogi, Somoin and Obantoko areas of Ogun State has claimed four lives.
According to Punch, clashes between cult groups that occurred simultaneously on Saturday, March 15 saw attacks and retaliation against groups targeting individual members.
When some members of one cult group attacked another member of another cult group, the conflict began multiple witnesses, which led to retaliatory attacks.
Although the number of casualties could not be determined at this report due to different witness accounts, the conflict was said to have resulted in the loss of life.
An eyewitness spoke with the publication anonymous on Sunday, revealing the four people were killed in the clash.
Witnesses narrated that cultists who rushed around the Alegre area occasionally shot and killed about four people.
“Initially, I thought the worshippers had more rampages than any state in Nigeria, but the fact that I witnessed in Ogun State on Saturday proved me wrong and I wouldn’t believe it if I hadn’t witnessed it.”
“I am currently on a mission in Ogun State, living near the state police headquarters near Eigby. In that area, there is a district police commander. I bought some toilets near the department tonight. Suddenly, I saw some of his boys, some of his boys responded to a distress call in a war-like manner.
“I immediately took action to know what was going on. There, I saw a deadly cult conflict involving Aye and Eiye boys. Four cult officers were all knocked down by bullets in Obantoko under the command of the Adatan area.”
However, another source of information is the incident, claiming that only two people are k in the conflict!
Sources pointed out that the concurrent conflict has put residents in the area in panic.
“A cult violence occurred in Abeokuta between Eiye and Aye cult, leading to revenge and revenge.
“When the news of his death was passed to his group members, Aye’s cult personnel in retaliatory attacks targeted and killed an Eiye cult personnel in Sula, Alogi, Obantoko.”
Both events paniced the residents of the area, which happened almost simultaneously.
Omolola Odutola, spokesman for the Ogun State Police Department, confirmed the conflict.
“Yes, there are,” Odutola said in a brief message.
