Osun Police Command, on Monday, confirmed the killing of a suspected cult member by a rival gang in Osogbo on Sunday.
This was contained in a statement by State Police Spokesperson, SP Yemisi Opalola.
Opalola said that the deceased was shot and killed at the Sasa Area in Osogbo.
He further stated that the corpse had been deposited at the morgue of UNIOSUN Teaching Hospital in Osogbo, while a suspect has been arrested in connection with the killing.
She said that investigation into the matter was ongoing, while efforts was being intensified to arrest the remaining members of the gang.
NAN reported that the deceased was chased from Ibokun axis to Sasa Area in Osogbo by some suspected rival cultists on motorcycles at 6:00pm.
It was also learnt that the gun (short gun) the deceased had in his possession was picked up by his killers, after he was shot.
Sources said the rivalry that led to the killings was a supremacy battle between the Aye and Eyie confraternities.
A similar incident occurred at Oke-Ayepe, Osogbo, on Thursday where a barber was killed by suspected cult members.
