One Dead, Others Injured As OPC, Cultists Clash In Ibadan

The peaceful atmosphere of Apete in Ido Local Government Area of Oyo State was disturbed yesterday as some members of Oodua Peoples Congress, OPC, Vigilance Group and some cult members engaged in a bloody clash.

Vanguard Report;

The fracas left at least one person dead and others seriously injured. Another person was said to be unconscious after being beaten with charm.

As a result of the chaotic situation that engulfed the town where most of the students of the Polytechnic, Ibadan, live, residents of the sleepy town ran helter-skelter to avoid being caught in the crisis that began at Apete market, some metres away from a police station.

Vanguard gathered that the violence was the aftermath of a perennial crisis that had existed between rival groups of OPC.

It was further gathered that some OPC men came from Bere area of Ibadan to demand that those at Apete stop operating under the umbrella of the real OPC.

However, the heated argu-ment that ensued degenerated into a bloody clash.

When Vanguard called Oyo State Chairman of OPC, Alhaji Adeagbo, he said the crisis had been on for quite some time.

According to him, some members of Vigilance Group, who were former members of OPC, did not want the authentic members of the group to be at Apete because of the illegal things they always did, which they knew genuine members of OPC would not allow.

He said: “This informed the hostility that they have for us. Unfortunately, the law enforcement agency there has connived with them. There was a time they attacked our members and wounded them. We took it up and it was settled.

“This has been the situation at Apete. Also, there are some cult groups, who have joined hands with the vigilance group to unleash terror on the people there.”

He said unless the evil people stopped their illegal acts, very soon all hidden things would be made open for all to see.

When contacted, Public Relations Officer of the State Police Command, DSP Adekunle Ajisebutu, said: “We have provided adequate security in the area.

“Our men are already on ground to forestall any further outbreak of law and order.”

At press time, tension was still high as most residents of the town who fled the crisis, had not returned for fear of being attacked.

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