Four persons have been killed as cult groups clash in Atan-Ota area of Ogun State and the Ojo area of Lagos State.
A security source in Ogun State who revealed that that clash at Atan-Ota was on Monday at about 8 p.m. said the clash broke out in Kajola area of Atan-Ota between the Aiye confraternity and the Eiye confraternity.
The source said the clash was suspected to be a reprisal against the Aiye group for the earlier killing of one of their members by the Eiye group.
The source said, “There was a cult clash between Aiye and Eiye. The Aiye group killed some Eiye members. When they stormed the area, they shot sporadically and caused tension before killing the victims.
“The killing is a fallout of an attack carried out by the Eiye members on an Aiye member about two weeks ago.”
Similarly, an anti-cultism advocacy page on X (formerly Twitter), NaijaConfra, said the killing was as due to an earlier conflict between the two confraternities, which had resulted in one death about a week earlier.
The page wrote, “Last night in Atan-Ota, Ogun State, the NBM (Aiye) cult group retaliated for the killing of their member in Kajola last week by launching attacks at Popoola and Kajola — the same spot where their member was killed by the ACN (Eiye) cult group. At least three people were killed in the attack.
“NaijaConfra has obtained two pictures from the Kajola attack and can confirm that one of the victims was an Eiye member nicknamed Coded. We have not yet identified the other victims.
“This cult war has been ongoing for a long time, with both sides blaming each other. While Aiye vowed to finish all of Eiye’s top men, Eiye has vowed to continue striking Aye members within the community — something they claimed they were not doing before.”
The Ogun State spokesperson, Omolola Odutola, was yet to respond to an enquiry sent to her as of the time of filing this report.
The second clash took place in Lagos State as narrated by NaijaConfra on Monday, saying suspected cult attack claimed the life of a security guard identified as Ijaya in the Ojo area of Lagos State.
The attackers ambushed the victim in front of his house located on ECOWAS Street before attacking him.
The post read, “Last night, a well-known and respected NBM member named Ijaya, also called CSO, was killed by the Eiye cult group in front of his home in the ECOWAS area of Ojo, Lagos State. Ijaya was some community security personnel known for being peaceful, loving, and accommodating to everyone in the neighbourhood.
“Sources confirmed that Eiye had been trying to cause unrest in the area for some time, and last night they succeeded in taking the life of a peaceful man. Tension is now rising, as there are reports of possible retaliation by Aiye.”
The Lagos State spokesperson, Abimbola Adebisi, on Monday, was yet to respond to an enquiry sent to her as of Tuesday.
