Those who lost their lives, according to an eyewitness,
include a pregnant woman said to be a passer-by, and a student of a polytechnic
in Abeokuta
Vanguard gathered that several others sustained injuries
when members of the secret cult invaded Onikolobo, combing houses in search of their targets.
It was further gathered that members of a particular
secret cult had been involved in a brawl with members of the outlawed Oodua
Peoples Congress, OPC, a few days before the recent attack.
They allegedly made use of dangerous weapons, which
include guns, cutlasses and broken bottles, among others.
It took the intervention of officials of the Vigilante
Services of Ogun State, VSO, before the rampaging cultists were dispersed.
When our correspondent visited the scene, armed policemen
from the Adigbe Divisional Headquarters were maintaining order in the area.
When contacted, the state Police Public Relations
Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, said policemen from Adigbe divisional headquarters
raided the suspected hideout of the cultists where seven of the suspects were apprehended
while smoking Indian hemp.
Adejobi, who said the arrested suspects were already in
police custody at Adigbe divisional police station, noted that the raid carried out was one of the
routine raids in the command and that the place where the seven suspects were
arrested was one of the hot spots of criminals in the state.
He added that those arrested would be thoroughly
interrogated to determine their culpability in the case, adding that the
innocent ones would be freed afterward, while those found culpable would be
charged to court accordingly.
Also, the Public
Relations Officer of the VSO, Soji Gansalo, confirmed the incident but stressed
that only one person was confirmed dead already.
source: vanguardngr
source: vanguardngr
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