A renewed cult clash in the Odeda Local Government Area of Ogun State has left one person dead.
The incident occurred on Saturday night opposite a fuel station in the Camp area.
According to a community source who pleaded anonymity, the victim was attacked while riding on a motorcycle in the area.
The source stated that some armed men had attacked the victim in a combat manner, shot him dead, and left him in a pool of his blood.
The source further revealed that the victim was allegedly a member of the Aye cult group, and that the Eiye cultists were responsible for the attack.
The police were said to have intervened to restore calm in the area following the incident.
The Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Omolola Odutola, was unreachable for comment as she had not responded to messages sent to her line as of the time of filing this report.
However, a senior police officer in the area confirmed the attack to our correspondent in a telephone conversation on Monday. “Yes, it happened opposite the Dambod fuel station,” the police officer said in a terse response.
This recent incident comes barely two weeks after at least four persons were feared killed in twin cult clashes in the Alogi, Somorin, and Obantoko areas of the local government area.
The clashes were reportedly between the outlawed Eiye and Aye groups, targeting individual members.
