No fewer than four persons have been reportedly killed in Ilorin, the capital of Kwara State, following renewed cult clashes among rival groups.
The development, Daily Trust gathered, was said to have started with the killing of one Toyin Ayinde and another victim around the Omoda area of the state capital.
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According to eyewitnesses, the incident, which happened about 11pm Tuesday within a short distance from the Omoda mosque, was perpetrated by four boys.
“The boys came brandishing guns, cutlasses and other dangerous weapons. They gunned down their first victim and ensured he was dead before leaving. They, however, saw Toyin Ayinde starring at them as they were perpetrating the act and they approached him and matcheted him to death.
“We saw them walking away majestically without any fear or interference,” one of the eyewitnesses said.
In the same vein, residents of the Ipata market area around Gambari and Amilengbe communities narrated how four persons stormed the area with dangerous weapons and left no fewer than two people dead.
Speaking on the development, the police public relations officer, Kwara State command, SP Ajayi Okasanmi, called for calm and promised to bring the culprits to book. He confirmed two people dead.
