Pandemonium broke out at Born Photo area , Idi Arere , Ibadan following a bloody clash between two rival cult groups in the area, leaving not less than 15 persons injured .
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Sporadic gun shot out echoed in the area on Saturday evening , causing panic among the residents of Gege, Ita-Sakun , Ita-Maya and Oke-Ado areas of Ibadan.
Security was reportedly beefed up in the areas on Saturday evening following the bloody clash between two rival groups in the area.
Bloody clashes among rival cult groups in the areas have claimed several lives in recent past , even forcing residents to flee from the high risk areas due to incessant bloody clashes among the rival cults.
It was gathered that fight broke out in the area as two factional groups, whose identities were not yet known, were lurked in supremacy battle against each other.
An eyewitness said one person was badly injured during the fight that lasted more than one hour.
He, however, said that the condition of the injured person could not be determined as he was immediately rushed to an undisclosed hospital.
When contacted by correspondents , the Police Public Relations Officer, Oyo State Command, Olugbenga Fadeyi, confirmed the incident, adding that men of the command had been deployed to the scene to avert total breakdown of law and order.
Fadeyi stressed, “There was a clash. The police had been in the area since the incident happened in order to calm the situation. Our men are still on the ground to make sure that there is no breakdown of law and order.”
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