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Two persons were reportedly killed in Benin City, Edo State capital, following a renewed cult clash between two rival cult groups in the state.
Tribune Online gathered that what triggered the latest clash was the last Saturday killing of one Ogbomo, by a rival group.
The four-man gang who carried out the execution of Ogbomo were said to have accosted him at about 4pm along Esigie Street, 3rd East Circular Road, Benin.
His cult group members, it was further gathered, carried out a reprisal on Monday afternoon by killing a commercial bus driver, believed to be a member of the group which killed Ogbomo, also along 3rd East Circular Road by Esigie junction.
It was learnt that the rival group on Monday afternoon retaliated with another killing.
On the Monday killing, it was gathered that the gang allegedly waylaid a commercial bus driver along 3rd Circular road by Esigie junction and shot him dead.
An eyewitness who only identified himself as Okharedia said: “I and other passengers boarded a commercial bus from Ekiosa market to New Benin by Upper mission junction. Halfway into the journey, an Audi car overtook us and forced the driver to stop.
“The next thing the gunmen came out of the Audi car and dragged the bus driver out of the steering and fired him at closed range
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Two persons were reportedly killed in a renewed cult clash between two cult groups in Benin, Edo State.
It was gathered that the clash began on Saturday following the killing of one Ogbomo, allegedly carried out by a rival group.
Ogbomo was said to have been killed by a four-man gang at about 4pm along Esigie Street, 3rd Circular Road, Benin on Saturday.
It was learnt that his killing was on Monday afternoon retaliated with the killing of a commercial bus driver along 3rd Circular Road by Esigie junction.
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An eyewitness who only identified himself as Okharedia said, “I and other passengers boarded a commercial bus from Ekiosa Market to New Benin by Upper mission junction. Half way into the journey, an Audi car overtook us and forced the driver to stop.
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