SIX persons have been killed following a cult clash in Ikere-Ekiti in Ekiti State.
The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Sunday Anytime, said operatives of the Ilupeju-Ikere Division received a distress call at about 5:30 a.m. on Sunday that two rival cult groups were on rampage in Ikere with different dangerous weapons.
“The Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Ilupeju Divisional, upon receipt of the information, mobilised to the scene where it was discovered that six suspected members of the two confraternities had been gruesomely macheted to death.
“The corpses of the six victims were immediately recovered and deposited in the mortuary, while ten suspects have been arrested so far in connection to the incident.
“In addition to the operatives earlier deployed, the Ekiti State Commissioner of Police, Tunde Mobayo, has ordered the deployment of additional patrol vehicles comprising the RRS, Safer Highway Team, S.I.B and the Anti-cultism Unit to Ikere axis in order to activate an aggressive patrol and ensure that peace is fully maintained and no further breakdown of laws and order.”
