{"id":95480,"date":"2023-09-11T10:45:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T09:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/osun-two-gunned-down-as-suspected-rival-cult-groups-clash-in-ilesa"},"modified":"2023-09-11T12:56:10","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T11:56:10","slug":"osun-two-gunned-down-as-suspected-rival-cult-groups-clash-in-ilesa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/osun-two-gunned-down-as-suspected-rival-cult-groups-clash-in-ilesa","title":{"rendered":"Osun: Two gunned down as suspected rival cult groups clash in Ilesa"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Two suspected cultists have been gunned down in a clash by members of a suspected rival gang in Osun State.<\/p>\n

The incident occurred in Ilesa town on Sunday evening.<\/p>\n

According to information, the rival gang members stormed the beer parlour at Onimo junction, where the victims, identified as Machine and SK, were drinking.<\/p>\n

The traditional ruler in the area, Onimo of Imo, Oba Olaniyi Agunbiade, said he was watching a football match around 8 p.m. when he heard gunshots.<\/p>\n

He said he immediately alerted the Ijamo Police Divisional Officer, who swiftly responded to the distress call.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe deed has been done before the arrival of his men.<\/p>\n

\u201cCorpses of the victims were removed by the police for investigation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Yemisi Opalola, spokesman of the state police command, confirmed the incident in a conversation .<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a clash between two suspected rival cult groups.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a case of a suspected cult gang gunning down two members of another suspected rival cult group,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Opalola said an investigation has opened on it, and the culprits would be brought to book.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Nigeria<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. Two suspected cultists have been gunned down in a clash by members of a suspected rival gang in Osun State. The incident occurred in Ilesa town on Sunday evening. According to information, the rival gang members stormed the beer parlour at Onimo junction, where the victims, identified as Machine and SK, were […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":95478,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[1570,2140,3254,254,516],"class_list":["post-95480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-ilesa","tag-nigeria","tag-osun"],"yoast_head":"\nOsun: Two gunned down as suspected rival cult groups clash in Ilesa - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Two suspected cultists have been gunned down in a clash by members of a suspected rival gang in Osun State. The inciden ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/osun-two-gunned-down-as-suspected-rival-cult-groups-clash-in-ilesa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Osun: Two gunned down as suspected rival cult groups clash in Ilesa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Two suspected cultists have been gunned down in a clash by members of a suspected rival gang in Osun State. The inciden ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/osun-two-gunned-down-as-suspected-rival-cult-groups-clash-in-ilesa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-09-11T09:45:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-09-11T11:56:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/09\/sm_1694416979.19094.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"808\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/osun-two-gunned-down-as-suspected-rival-cult-groups-clash-in-ilesa#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/osun-two-gunned-down-as-suspected-rival-cult-groups-clash-in-ilesa\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Osun: Two gunned down as suspected rival cult groups clash in Ilesa\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-09-11T09:45:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-09-11T11:56:10+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/osun-two-gunned-down-as-suspected-rival-cult-groups-clash-in-ilesa\"},\"wordCount\":205,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/osun-two-gunned-down-as-suspected-rival-cult-groups-clash-in-ilesa#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/09\/sm_1694416979.19094.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"Ilesa\",\"Nigeria\",\"Osun\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/osun-two-gunned-down-as-suspected-rival-cult-groups-clash-in-ilesa#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/osun-two-gunned-down-as-suspected-rival-cult-groups-clash-in-ilesa\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/osun-two-gunned-down-as-suspected-rival-cult-groups-clash-in-ilesa\",\"name\":\"Osun: Two gunned down as suspected rival cult groups clash in Ilesa - Nigeria\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/osun-two-gunned-down-as-suspected-rival-cult-groups-clash-in-ilesa#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/osun-two-gunned-down-as-suspected-rival-cult-groups-clash-in-ilesa#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/09\/sm_1694416979.19094.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-09-11T09:45:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-09-11T11:56:10+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Two suspected cultists have been gunned down in a clash by members of a suspected rival gang in Osun State. The inciden ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/osun-two-gunned-down-as-suspected-rival-cult-groups-clash-in-ilesa#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/osun-two-gunned-down-as-suspected-rival-cult-groups-clash-in-ilesa\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/osun-two-gunned-down-as-suspected-rival-cult-groups-clash-in-ilesa#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/09\/sm_1694416979.19094.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/09\/sm_1694416979.19094.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":808,\"caption\":\"Osun: Two gunned down as suspected rival cult groups clash in Ilesa\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/osun-two-gunned-down-as-suspected-rival-cult-groups-clash-in-ilesa#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Osun: Two gunned down as suspected rival cult groups clash in Ilesa\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\",\"name\":\"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Osun: Two gunned down as suspected rival cult groups clash in Ilesa - Nigeria","description":"Two suspected cultists have been gunned down in a clash by members of a suspected rival gang in Osun State. The inciden ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/osun-two-gunned-down-as-suspected-rival-cult-groups-clash-in-ilesa","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Osun: Two gunned down as suspected rival cult groups clash in Ilesa","og_description":"Two suspected cultists have been gunned down in a clash by members of a suspected rival gang in Osun State. The inciden ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/osun-two-gunned-down-as-suspected-rival-cult-groups-clash-in-ilesa","og_site_name":"Nigeria","article_published_time":"2023-09-11T09:45:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-09-11T11:56:10+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":808,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/09\/sm_1694416979.19094.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/osun-two-gunned-down-as-suspected-rival-cult-groups-clash-in-ilesa#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/osun-two-gunned-down-as-suspected-rival-cult-groups-clash-in-ilesa"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Osun: Two gunned down as suspected rival cult groups clash in Ilesa","datePublished":"2023-09-11T09:45:00+00:00","dateModified":"2023-09-11T11:56:10+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/osun-two-gunned-down-as-suspected-rival-cult-groups-clash-in-ilesa"},"wordCount":205,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/osun-two-gunned-down-as-suspected-rival-cult-groups-clash-in-ilesa#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/09\/sm_1694416979.19094.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Nigeria","Ilesa","Nigeria","Osun"],"articleSection":["all news","Policy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/osun-two-gunned-down-as-suspected-rival-cult-groups-clash-in-ilesa#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/osun-two-gunned-down-as-suspected-rival-cult-groups-clash-in-ilesa","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/osun-two-gunned-down-as-suspected-rival-cult-groups-clash-in-ilesa","name":"Osun: Two gunned down as suspected rival cult groups clash in Ilesa - Nigeria","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/osun-two-gunned-down-as-suspected-rival-cult-groups-clash-in-ilesa#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/osun-two-gunned-down-as-suspected-rival-cult-groups-clash-in-ilesa#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/09\/sm_1694416979.19094.jpg","datePublished":"2023-09-11T09:45:00+00:00","dateModified":"2023-09-11T11:56:10+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Two suspected cultists have been gunned down in a clash by members of a suspected rival gang in Osun State. The inciden ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/osun-two-gunned-down-as-suspected-rival-cult-groups-clash-in-ilesa#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/osun-two-gunned-down-as-suspected-rival-cult-groups-clash-in-ilesa"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/osun-two-gunned-down-as-suspected-rival-cult-groups-clash-in-ilesa#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/09\/sm_1694416979.19094.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/09\/sm_1694416979.19094.jpg","width":1200,"height":808,"caption":"Osun: Two gunned down as suspected rival cult groups clash in Ilesa"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/osun-two-gunned-down-as-suspected-rival-cult-groups-clash-in-ilesa#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Osun: Two gunned down as suspected rival cult groups clash in Ilesa"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/","name":"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95480"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95480\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}