Two people were feared killed on Friday
when some youths suspected to be members of a cult group clashed with a group
of hemp sellers in Osogbo, Osun State.
According to an eyewitness, crises started
at Ode Oga Junction in Oke Baale Area, Osogbo when some suspected cultist
abducted a man simply identified as Kokoro, said to be selling Indian hemp.
Kokoro was said to have renounced cultism,
a decision that displeased members of his erstwhile group.
“Members of his erstwhile group saw him
(Kokoro) on okada at Ode Oga, they abducted him. When news of his abduction
reached his own group that usually stays around Ita Akogun, Osogbo, they
mobilised and stormed where he was being held.
“The two groups engaged in a serious fight.
There was an exchange of gunshots. Police also intervened. But two people lost
their lives. The fight later spread to Isale Aro, Gbaemu area of Osogbo where
two passersby were hit by bullets. They were injured and taken to hospital,” a
resident of Ode Oga, who pleaded anonymity said.
When contacted, the spokesperson of Osun
Police Command, Yemisi Opalola, confirmed that two persons lost their lives
during the incident, adding that the hoodlums involved also exchange gunshots
with the police.
“They even attacked operatives. Normalcy
has returned to the affected areas,” Opalola said.