Sagamu Cult Clash: Police Find 4 Dead Bodies in Cultist Ogunkemaya’s Room in Ogun

Sagamu Cult Clash: Police Find 4 Dead Bodies in Cultist Ogunkemaya’s Room in Ogun

  • The renewed supremacy battle between rival cult members in Sagamu, Ogun state, has claimed many lives
  • Reports have it that members of the Aiye and Eiye confraternity have been killing themselves in the last few days, putting the town under siege
  • The Ogun state police command arrested seven suspects, including one Bolaji Ogunkemaya, after a raid in the Eleweran area of Sagamu

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Sagamu, Ogun state - A cult member identified simply as Bolaji Ogunkemaya has been arrested in a room with the corpses of four people in Sagamu town, Ogun state.

Ogun state police command, cult clash in Sagamu
Ogun state police command has confirmed the death of four persons following a cult clash in Sagamu. Photo credit: Nigeria Police Force
Source: Facebook

The Ogun state police command confirmed this development in a statement sighted by Legit.ng on Tuesday, September 19.

Ogunkemaya was said to be one of the seven suspects arrested in Sagamu following the deadly clashes that broke out over a disagreement on the sharing of commission paid on a land transaction between the Aiye and Eiye gang members.

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In the statement announcing the arrest of the cult members on the Force's Facebook page, the Ogun state police command spokesperson, SP Omolola Odutola, said the four deceased persons were killed in the same room where their corpses were found with Ogunkemaya.

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12 killed in bloody cult clash in Rivers

Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that two rival gangs clashed in Sime, a community in the Tai district of Rivers state, early Friday morning, June 3.

Legit.ng gathered that a community leader said the early morning violence left at least 12 people dead.

The fight between the Icelanders and Greenlanders took place in Sime, a 25-minute drive from Port Harcourt.

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Meanwhile, a suspected cultist who was shot during a bloody clash with rival gangs reached out to residents of the area for help saving his life.

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The young man, who gave his name as Precious Stanley, was involved in a shootout with a rival cult group, which left him bleeding from the gunshot wound he sustained.

Source: Legit.ng

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