The Superintendent of Police told the News Agency of Nigeria two suspects had been arrested in connection with the clashes.
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The 33-year-old suspected cultist confessed to the police to be a confirmed member of the Eiye Confraternity.
Police spokesperson in the state, SP Omolola Odutola, confirmed this in a statement in Abeokuta on Sunday.
A distress call had been received that the robbers were dispossessing residents of their valuables.
Speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria, many lamented heinous crimes committed by the cultists either through gang wars or through brigandage.
It was learnt that due to a cult-related clash in Ogwashi-uku where three suspects were arrested on Sunday, June 6th, the Commissioner of police Delta State Command, CP Ari Muhammed Ali issued a directive to the Command state anti cult unit.
The News Agency of Nigeria learnt that the late barber, simply identified as Shogo, was attacked in his shop at about 10am by six armed men.
The deceased, a student of Marketing in the Faculty of Management Science, was shot in the head about 11am on Wednesday right in the presence of his colleagues and lecturer.
A statement by the Lagos command’s Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi on Sunday said a combined team of policemen and local vigilantes on patrol sighted the suspects at the Ikorodu Roundabout while allegedly robbing innocent commuters and passersby in the area.
The defendant is facing a charge of unlawful possession of arms.
The police had charged the convict with belonging to a prohibited society “Eiye confraternity’’, contrary to Section 4 of the Secret Cult (Abolition and Prohibition) First Amendment Law No. 6, Laws of Ekiti State of Nigeria, 2017.
Eves explained that it was a pastor from another Church in Ojo area that contracted his cult group to eliminate the prophetess for allegedly luring his church members to hers.
Justice I. O. Akinkugbe, who gave the order, said the accused after they pleaded not guilty, should remain behind bars until the next adjournment.
The 70 suspected cultists, with ages ranging between 19 and 40, were arraigned on a three-count charge by the Directorate of Public Prosecution in the State Ministry of Justice.
Preliminary investigation conducted revealed that the suspects are students of the College of Education, Katsina Ala, who were about to be initiated as new members.
Adegoke said the outcome of the first meeting and the communities’ participation in policing had led to the arrest of some criminals, thereby making Ota more habitable
Layeni said the plea of the accused would not be taken because the charges against him were capital offences requiring the advice of the Director of Public Prosecutions for the court to proceed
The News Agency of Nigeria learnt that the suspects, believed to be members of a group known as “one million-boys”, were apprehended while trying to rob residents Toga area of Badagry
He said the corpse of Amakiri was identified by his mother and had been deposited at the morgue of the Federal Medical Centre, Yenagoa, while investigations had also commenced
The Coordinator of Oodua People’s Congress, Mowe branch, Bamidele Oyeyemi, appealed to the state Commissioner of Police, Ikemefuna Okoye, to come to the aid of the community