At least, one person has been hacked to death in a riot that ensued between two cult groups in Imo area of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital.
It was learnt that a supremacy battle broke out on Saturday between the Aiye and Eiye Confraternities, as they engaged each other in a street fight, brandishing dangerous weapons in the area.
Eyewitness account has it that not less than eight other persons sustained various degrees of injuries in the clash.
It was gathered that the cultists fled the scene immediately they realised policemen have been mobilised to cordon off the area.
Contacted, the Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, told our correspondent to call him back, saying he was at a programme.
However, a police source told our correspondent that the remains of the dead victims have been deposited at the mortuary.
It was learnt the Ibara police station is on top of the situation as investigations have commenced into the incident.
