Another suspected cultist killed by rival gang in Osogbo
The police in Osun confirmed the killing of a suspected cult member by a rival gang in Osogbo on Sunday.
A statement by the command’s spokesperson Yemisi Opalola on Monday said that the deceased was shot and killed at the Sasa Area in Osogbo.
Ms Opalola said that the corpse of the deceased had been deposited at the morgue of UNIOSUN Teaching Hospital in Osogbo, while a suspect has been arrested in connection with the killing.
She said that investigation into the matter was ongoing, while effort was being intensified to arrest the remaining members of the gang.
The deceased cult member was chased from Ibokun axis to Sasa Area in Osogbo by some suspected rival cultists on motorcycles at 6:00 p.m.
It was also learnt that the gun the deceased had in his possession was picked up by his killers after he was shot.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) was also informed that the rivalry that led to the killing was a supremacy battle between the Aye and Eiye confraternities.
A similar incident occurred at Oke-Ayepe, Osogbo on Thursday where a barber was killed by suspected cult members.
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