Man killed during suspected cult clash at Ilorin market

A mediate aged antheral was killed connected Friday during an attempted apprehension by constabulary operatives astatine the fashionable Oja-Oba Market successful Ilorin, the Kwara State capital.
Eyewitnesses said activities successful the marketplace and surrounding areas were abruptly disrupted. Traders hastily unopen their stalls portion others ran to safer locations arsenic hostility dispersed crossed the market.

Security unit stationed successful the country aboriginal intervened to reconstruct bid and reportedly pursued immoderate suspects believed to person been progressive successful the confrontation.

A constabulary root who confirmed the incidental to journalists said the deceased was a suspected cult subordinate who confronted officers during an attempted arrest.

According to the source, the fishy allegedly drew a firearm and pointed it astatine 1 of the officers.

“The incidental progressive a cult subordinate who, astatine the constituent of arrest, brought retired his weapon and pointed it astatine a constabulary officer. He was yet neutralised by the operatives, portion his weapon and immoderate section charms were recovered from him,” the root said.

The improvement comes amid ongoing efforts by the Kwara State Police Command to clamp down connected cult-related activities crossed Ilorin and different parts of the state.

Earlier, the authorities Commissioner of Police, Adekimi Ojo, announced the apprehension of respective suspected members of concealed cult groups crossed the metro...