The Ondo State Police command on Monday said four persons were killed in a clash involving some suspected cults groups in Owo town, in Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State.
The Police Public Relations Officer Funmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya disclosed this while confirming the incident to Newsmen in Akure, the ondo state capital.
Roving Reporters had reported that Gunmen suspected to be cult members have killed a chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Fisayo Oladipo, in the Owo Local Government Area of Ondo state and four others.
Mr Oladipo, 52, was shot dead around 2:00 a.m. on Monday in a violent cult-related clash, an incident that has set a section of the Owo town on fire.
Sources who confirmed the incident in a chat revealed that the suspects, believed to be members of the Eieye confraternity group, had trailed the deceased to his home around Ehin-Ogbe in Owo before he was shot.
“He [Oladipo] was trailed to his house in Ehin Ogbe after returning from a nightclub around 2:00 a.m. by the cult guys and was shot immediately in the chest,” one of the sources told Peoples Gazette.
Mr Oladipo, fondly known as “Fissy,” was a prominent youth leader of the APC in Owo before his assailants killed him.
His remains have been taken to the morgue at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) in Owo.
Another source disclosed that four persons including a mother and her child whose identities have not been unravelled, were also shot dead by gunmen believed to be the same cult gang.
He disclosed that sporadic gunshots had rented the air following the violent killings of the two men, with sympathisers mourning their deaths.
Giving details on the incident, the police spokesperson in Ondo said “We can’t confirm if an APC Chieftain was affected, but four people have been confirmed dead.
“Normalcy has returned through the intervention of the Police, efforts are on to arrest perpetrators of the act.“
