No fewer than twenty residents of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital sustained various degrees of injuries when two factions of cult groups engaged in a fierce battle on Saturday.
The people were injured when pandemonium broke out between Ebila group and Moshood Ekugbemi group at and Idi Arere area in Ibadan.
It was gathered that the two groups engaged themselves when they both claimed the responsibility to collect money from a man identify as Babatunde who was roofing his house around olunde in ibadan
Shop owners and residents of the area were scampering for safety during the clash that lasted for about one hour.
The source noted that the injured persons have been rushed to nearby hospitals while one of the gang leader Moshood Ekugbemi who was said to have been killed resurrected few hours later.
Public Relations Officer of the State Police Command, Olugbenga Fadeyi, in a statement on Saturday night said that two people have been arrested in connection with the clash.
He said that men of the command had been deployed to the scene to avert total breakdown of law and order.
“Disturbance of public peace/suspected murder. Today, Saturday 11/4/2020 at about 1600HRS, a report was received by the DPO Sanyo that one Mosudi Ekugbemi of Olunde area was allegedly fatally injured with machete cuts by a group of area boys/social miscreants led by one Ebila Biola during an open fight while Biola Ebila group were purportedly trying to collect land royalty, “Owo Omonile” from one Babatunde who was roofing his building under construction.
“But some social miscreants at Mapo Born Photo and Agbadagudu in Bere area attempted to take advantage of the circulation of the alleged death of Mosudi Ekugbemi. The police with support from other agencies quickly deployed security operatives in these areas in order to douse the tension while Babatunde Oladapo and Ibrahim Abisoye were arrested and are assisting the police in their investigations.
“The CP wishes to reassure the people of Oyo State that we are on top of the situation and normalcy have since been restored. The DC CID, Oyo State has been directed to take over the case while security of the areas has been reinforced”
