a beer joint.

He said: “When the deceased heard the bang on his gate, he came out to check what was happening. Before he knew what was happening, the Eiye cult members hacked him with a cutlass.
“Before people could rush to the scene, the assailants had escaped on the motorcycle they came with. They were also shooting sporadically to scare people away as they were fleeing.”

Abdulahi added that Baba Azeezat was immediately rushed to a nearby hospital where he was later confirmed dead by the doctor on duty.

A ‘vulcanizer,’ who gave his name as Tunji, said on Wednesday about 6p.m. there were sounds of gunshots from Mascara area.

He said: “That was how everybody hurriedly locked up their shops and fled. It was this morning (yesterday) when I got toOfficer in charge of Owode Onirin changed the game for the terror gang who had about 7.40p.m., at Demuren Street, Alapere, stabbed 32-year-old Sylvester Chikwendu, suspected to be a rival cult member, to death.

“Sequel to the information, the DPO mobilised a crack team to Thomas Bus Stop, Owode. He told his men to narrow the road and gave them a clear description of the gang’s operational car.

“When the gang approached the police zone, they became desperate and opened fire on the operatives in an effort to evade arrest. The police officers returned fire for fire.

“However, in the ensuing gun battle, one of them died owing to bullet wounds sustained during the fight while the others escaped with varying degrees of gunshot wounds. They abandoned their operational vehicle, a