There was tension in Ilorin, Kwara State capital on Saturday when suspected cult members clashed with the police.
During the bloody clash, one police sergeant allegedly sustained gunshot injuries on his head.
The incident, which started in the early hours of Saturday, happened in Lajolo community around Kwara State Polytechnic area.
An unconfirmed source that stray bullet from a gunshot allegedly killed a student of the polytechnic.
Students of the polytechnic trooped out in large numbers to block the ever-busy Ilorin-old Jebba road around Oyun bridge axis. They also set burnfires from used tyres on the highway, obstructing vehicular movement.
Confirming the incident, Kwara Command Spokesperson Ajayi Okasanmi said: “The pandemonium experienced today within the area arose as a result of the attack unleashed on a team of Police detectives from the Special Tactical Squad (STS) FIB, Abuja, who came on the trail of some cultists in the area.”
Okasanmi added that some suspected cult members had on Friday last week “attacked and killed a student of Kwara State University, Malete, four of the cultists were arrested and dangerous weapons were recovered from the suspects.”
He added: “Information available to the STS team indicated that some of the cultists were hiding at Lajolo area of Kwara Polytechnic Ilorin, where a similar attack was unleashed on one student named Idris Aderemi by same cultists around 6am on Saturday in the same area.
