One Killed in Kwara Cultists, Police Clash

Date: 2021-05-30

A least one person suspected to be a cultist has been feared killed while others sustained serious injuries during the clash between them and men of the state police command yesterday in Ilorin, Kwara State capital.

THISDAY checks revealed that, the suspected cultists from Baboko, Oja Titun and Surulere axis of the ancient town have been engaging themselves in a supremacy battle before it finally turned into bloody situation in the affected areas.

It was further learnt that, it was at this point that men of the police force from Surulere and other divisions were drafted to the troubled areas so as to restore normalcy.

Sources said that, the development led to the arrest of one of the cultists who was handcuffed but later jumped into river canal at Surulere area of the town.

The aggrieved warring factions it was learnt mobilised for a reprisal and possibly force the release of their arrested colleagues at the Surulere Police Division, thereby leading to fierce exchange of fire from both sides.

Contacted, the state police command Public Relations Officer, Ajayi Okasanmi who confirmed the incident told our correspondent that, "We had gone to put a situation under control this morning involving two cult groups and we made some arrests.

"These boys mobilised themselves and begin to attack the police as a result of one of them who jumped inside a canal in Surulere while trying to evade arrest.

"We called the Fire Service to retrieve the body but the boys came to disrupt them and then later the police retrieve the corps from the cult guys."

He added that, "some of those people you saw at the police headquarters came to express their grief over the death of one of them"

He however said, the police had launched an investigation into the matter.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Alabere     Hassan Saliu     Rafiu Ajakaye     ENetSuD     Idris Amosa Saidu     Olota Of Odo-Owa     Senior Ibrahim Suleiman     Akanji     Odo-Owa     Sunset Workers     Aliyu Olatunji Ajanaku     AIT Ilorin     Ali Ahmad     KWSUED     Oke-Ero     Omotoso     Student Learning Support Helpline     Dumagi     Igbomina     Metro Park     Oye Tinuoye     Kwara State Internal Revenue Service     Bolaji Aladie     Kaiama     Dogara     Ramat Oganija     Guber Aspirant     Royal FM     Peter Amogbonjaye     Abdulrauf Yusuf     Mohammed Khadijat Kubura     Tunde Mukaila Mustapha     Amule Elementary School     Usman Alkali Baba     Monsurat Omotosho     Markaz Arabic And Islamic Training Institute, Agege     Saka Abimbola Isau     SSA Youth Engagement     Taibat Ayinke Ahmed     Alaaya     Yusuf Abdulkadir     Abdullahi G. Mohammad     Oluronke Adeyemi     Mopelola Abdulmaliq-Bashir     Lawyers Unite Against Corruption     Emir Of Yashikira     Lawan     Idris Garuba     Sebastine Obasi     KWASIEC     Oloje     Christopher Odetunde     Doyin Agbamu     Vasolar Consortium     Haliru Dantoro     Ita-Nmo Market     Toyin Falola     Sa\'adu Salau     Tsado Manman     Toyin Saraki     Towoju     Kupchi Hosea Maxwell     Ridhwanullah Al-Ilory     Oko Erin     Centre For Peace And Strategic Studies     Maryam A. Garuba     Presidential Election     Bamidele Adegoke     Bukola Saraki     Oko     Monthly Sanitation     Ilorin West/Asa Federal Constituency     Olayinka Oladapo Jogunola     Tayo Alao     Offa Descendants Union     Abubakar Olusola Saraki     Aisha Ahman Pategi    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Mustapha Olanipekun     John Mayokun Dada     CACOVID Palliatives     Okiki     Kwara State Football Association     Lucky Omoluwa     Laolu Saraki     Abdulwaheed Musa     Valsolar Consultoria     Ayinke Saka     Funmilayo Zubair     Salman Suleiman     Pilgrims Board     Henry Makinwa     Bayo Ajia     Yakub Ali-Agan     Femi Agbaje     Lithium Deposit     Harmony Holdings     Kwara State Fire Service     Oasis Muslim Care Foundation     Elelu     Akeem Lawal     Assayomo     Amos Bajeh     Bola Magaji     Computer Based Test     Ibrahim Jawondo     20 Billion Bond     Tanke Road     Rihanat Ajia     Olugbense     Sambo Murtala     Madawaki Of Ilorin     Damilola Yusuf Adelodun     Emir Of Kano     Yahaya Jibril Usman     Alapansapa     Olumide Daniel Ibitoye     Kwara Consultative Forum     Agor     Yaru     Kwara Central     Aisha Ahman Pategi     Tinubu     Hauwa Nuru     Sunday Otokiti     Hassan Saliu     Kwara NIPR     Garba Idris Ajia     Saka Saadu     Talaka Parapo     Saka Adeyemo     Elerinjare     Olayinka Oladapo Jogunola     Ibrahim Abiodun     Logun     NaAllah     Mutawali     Bello Oyedepo     Adebara     Micheal Imodu-Ganmo Road     Garba Dogo     Sadiq Umar     National Union Of Road Transport Workers     Oyawoye     Belgore     Abdullah Janet Amudat     Michael Ologundea     Owu Fall     Odo-Owa     Awili Pedro     Olubukola Kifayat Adedeji     Face Masks     National Information Technology Development Agency     Sa\'adu Salau     Hassan A. Saliu