What we know : Some Witnesses say the Clash was between transporters around the area. Others say they are cultists Two peopl...
What we know :
Some Witnesses say the Clash was between transporters around the area.
Others say they are cultists
Two people including a woman were killed.
Police say four suspects have been arrested.
No fewer than two people were killed Saturday morning in Osogbo, Osun state.
One woman was shot dead during a clash that broke out between some people suspected to be cultists in Osogbo.
The incident happened at the popular Orisunbare market, in Osogbo.
Another person according to a witness was killed at another popular market, Idi-seke.
Witnesses also say loud gunshots rented the air.
The woman who was killed by a stray bullet, according to witnesses was a Labourer who was trying to make her way to Old Garage, where Labourers usually converge every morning.
She however got caught up in a fight which was said to have started Friday night, near Dugbe Divisional Police station.
TIME NEWSNG gathered from traders at the Ikirun/Ilorin Motorpark, that some thugs working in the park had Friday night beat up another transporter,who was relaxing at a nearby "joint" after returning from a road trip.
The assaulted man,was said to have arrived the park early Saturday morning with his own group in a repriasal attack.
The two groups engaged in a fight which led to the death of the woman Labour error and another unidentified person.
Normalcy has returned to the area, as the cause of the clash, remains unknown.
The bodies of the victims have been taken away by the police.
Update :
Police arrest four suspects
Meanwhile, The Police Public Relation Officer for Osun State Police Command, SP Folasade Odoro said four suspects have been arrested in connection with the murder of a woman that was shot dead in Osogbo this morning and assured that others would be apprehended and all of them would be brought to book.
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