4 killed during 8/8 cult celebration in Kwara
Four persons, including members of different cult groups, were reportedly shot dead at Olunlade area, Ilorin, Kwara State capital during the traditional celebration of August 8 (8/8) cult activities, Monday night.
It was gathered that residents of the area experienced sleepless night due to the sporadic gunshots that rented the area while the celebration lasted when members of various cult groups attacked themselves in a gun duel.
Residents of the area claimed no fewer than four persons were killed by different cult groups in a reprisal attack in an interview with journalists.
But, the spokesman of Kwara State Police Command, Ajayi Okasanmi, who confirmed the development, said only two deaths were recorded during the celebration.
He said: “Only two persons were killed in the 8/8 celebration by the cult groups and not four as being peddled around by some people. One person died at the spot of the crisis at Olunlade while the other was reported to have died later in the hospital.”
On the likely cause of the crisis, the PPRO said: “You know that yesterday (Monday) was August 8 and the different cult groups were celebrating the day in many places in the town.
We don't know what might have triggered the crisis among the cult members at Olunlade, but we gathered that the crisis might not be unconnected with rivalry among the cult groups.
“We gathered from an intelligence report that crisis broke out and the rival cult members started shooting sporadically to attack each other.”
Okasanmi said the situation has been brought under control, adding that calmness had returned to the area.
However, a worker in a government establishment in the area told journalists that the crisis started Monday night at a local gin joint near Bovas Petrol station at Olunlade.
According to the worker, some members of a cult group trailed a man to the spot, but the target took to his heels and they opened fire on him.
“The bullet fired by the cult members hit two persons including the son of the local gin seller. They continued to chase their target and later got him and shot him in the head,” he said.
Another person, who identified himself simply as Abdulmojeed, said two persons were killed by the cult members while two others sustained bullet wounds.
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Minimum Wage Saka Asiat Ayinke Charles Ibitoye Musa Yeketi Fola Consultant Forgo Battery Ademola Kiyesola Opobiyi Baba Issa Awoye Funke Adedoyin Umar Bayo Abdulwahab Chief Imam Of Ilorin Awodun Olayinka Jelili Yusuf Muhammad Toyin Sanusi Shero Zara Umar Afusat Nike Ibrahim Ijagbo Flights To Ilorin Monthly Sanitation Exercise Mary Arinde Government Girls’ Day Secondary School Pakata Erubu SAPZ Project Bayo Onimago Atunwa Olanrewju Okanlawon Musa General Hospital, Offa M.Y. Abdulrahaman Kola Adesina Rice Farmers Association Of Nigeria Tunji Oyawoye NNPP Abatemi Usman Kunle Suleiman Millennium Development Goals Jumoke Gafar Gobirawa Olaitan Adefila Afolayan Muhammed Abdullahi Village Alive Development Association Abdulhakeem Adelaja Amao Kwara Primary Health Care Development Agency Wahab Egbewole Abubakar Abdulraheem Pakata Patriots Fatai Garuba Labaka Omoniyi Alimi Abdulrazaq Post Utme Trader Moni Aliyu Sabi Kwara State Sports Commission Mansurat Amuda-Kannike Elewu Noah Yusuf Nigerian Supreme Council For Islamic Affairs Doyin Group Kwara Pdp Taofik Abiodun Ahmed Kwara Hotel Ilorin Saudat Abdulbaqi Saheed Popoola Amasa Ayobami Seriki Grillo Suwa-Arabs Ishak Mohammed Sabi Oyedun Juliana Funke Lafia Aliyu Korasabi Muslimah Entrepreneurship Forum Saidu Kawu Kwara Apc Jimba Babatunde

