A suspected cult leader in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State,Kamoru Ofin has been killed during a clash between rival cult groups .
The suspected cult group also reportedly cit off the two hands of the deceased Ofin and took them away as a symbol of cult killing .
Kamoru Ofin and an unidentified member of his gang were reportedly killed during a gun clash between the two gangs in the Abatiwa area of Agbowa in Odogbolu area of Ogun State .
The commissioner of police on the state ,CP Frank Mba said that some suspected cultists have been arrested in connection with the clash between the cult groups.
It was gathered that Ofin ,who has been linked with cult clashes and killings in Iraye and other parts of Ikorodu and some of his members ,including Lateef Eleda ,Yinka ,Kazeem Idiagbon Elesude ,Elekunmefa all gathered in he village , when the clash started .
A resident ,who pleaded anonymity ,while speaking with our correspondence sais” Nobody can really say what happened but their was an exchange of gun fire between the two gangs .”
” Ofin and his gang had been at Agbotiwa for some days before the other gang came on motorcycles and engaged them in a bloody fight .”
The resident further stated that ” Prior to the exchange of gunfire between them,some of he villagers has observed strange movement in the village .”
” Since Kamoru Ofin and his gang had be in the village before then ,they thought that they were part of them .” the resident stated
He also continued that ” It was around 8 ” O clock in the night that we started hearing gunshots .Nobody could come out .There was tension in the village .”
” It was the following day that we heard that one Kamoru Ofin and one other person who were killed during the clash”
The resident also said ” That Kamoru Ofin must be a very powerful person as his people could not believe that he would be killed “
” They said that they cut off his two hands and took them away to show his gang that they had killed one of their leaders .”
