Ltists kill 3 Kwara
ted cultists in Ilorin, Kwara State, illed three persons in Isale Aluko Ilorin. killings which happened during the nd left many of the residents and s’ relatives in bewilderment. as gathered that two of the cultists ing to the Aye confraternity traced their targets of the Eye confraternity place but did not meet him. rating the incident, the wife of the victims, Iya Taofeeq, told City me that, “The incident happened d past 8pm shortly after my husband d the Ramadan Tarawih prayers as Asamu here. er the prayers, he went to meet his her friends at a spot they used to fter the prayers every day. ddenly, we started hearing gunshots any people ran away. t after normalcy returned and e out from the house, I met my nd with his two friends in the pool r blood.” sident, who craved anonymity, told orrespondent that the two groups een engaged in a supremacy battle led to the killing of one of the Aye ers at Agbo Oba some days before est incident. said, “They traced their target, who sed to hang around in the area, but id not meet him. ey asked Baba Taofeeq and his s if they knew his whereabouts. eir response that: ‘How would we ’ angered them and they shot them efore shooting sporadically.” added that, “What we know of cultist now is that they don’t kill innocent s no matter the situation; except stake. That is why this incident is ularly worrisome.”
police spokesman in the state, Okasanmi, told our correspondent one that he was not aware of the nt.