CULTISM: Pregnant Woman, Student Killed in Abeokuta Clashes

In a tragic development in Onikolobo area of Abeokuta on January 15, 2014, Wednesday, two people became victims of alleged secret cult members, which unleashed terror on residents of the area.
Residents narrated that pregnant woman, said to be a passer-by, and a student of a polytechnic in Abeokuta were killed by youths.
According to Vanguard, several others were injuries, when members of the secret cult invaded Onikolobo, combing houses in search of their targets.
It has been also learnt that members of a particular secret cult had been involved in a brawl with members of the outlawed Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), a few days before the incident.
The cultists have been allegedly armed with guns, cutlasses and broken bottles, among others.
The rampaging cultists were dispersed after members of the Vigilante Services of Ogun State (VSO) had appeared at the scene of attack.
However, the Public Relations Officer of the VSO, Soji Gansalo, stressed that only one person had been already confirmed dead.
Later, armed policemen from the Adigbe Divisional Headquarters were spotted maintaining order in the area.
The state Police Public Relations Officer (PRO), Muyiwa Adejobi, confirmed the incident.
He further revealed that said policemen from Adigbe divisional headquarters raided the suspected hideout of the cultists where seven of the suspects were apprehended while smoking Indian hemp.

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