Four Killed in Kwara during cult festival.
– Tamarauemi Ebimini
Four persons were reportedly killed on Monday night at Olunlade community in the Ilorin metropolis as members of different cult groups in Kwara State celebrated the August 8 (8/8) cult festival.
Journalists gathered those feared killed included cult members, who engaged in reprisal attacks.
However, the state Police command through the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Okasanmi Ajayi, confirming the incident, said that only two deaths were recorded during the celebration in Ilorin
“Only two people were killed in the 8/8 celebration by the cult groups and not four people as being peddled around by some people. One person died on the spot of the crisis at Olunlade while the other was reported to have died later in the hospital
The Command’s spokesperson, who said that the situation had been brought under control, added that operatives of the command had been drafted to the area to restore normalcy.
