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From CLEMENT ADEYI, Osogbo

No fewer than 15 students were wounded, while security agents arrested about 15 others yesterday, following bloody clashes involving rival cults in two secondary schools in Osogbo, Osun State capital.

It was gathered that the fracas was a continuation of an initial clash at the weekend involving some students of Saint James Anglican Secondary School, Kola Balogun Area and Ansar-U-Deen Secondary School, Iludun, who were believed to be members of rival cult groups.

Eyewitnesses told Daily Sun that a group of students from Saint James had laid siege to Ansar-U-Deen Secondary School as early as 9 am, in what was said to be a reprisal attack to avenge the treatment meted out to a student of the school and attacked many students with dangerous weapons.

Policemen deployed to the scene had to fire several shots into the air to disperse the students before the situation could be brought under control.

The development, which immediately sent passersby and residents of the neighbourhood into panic, saw fleeing students scampering in different directions, while vehicles and motorcycles passing through Oba Adesoji Aderemi, Osogbo East By-pass that passes by the school, were not speared by the rampaging students, who were wielding dangerous weapons.

Checks around hospitals in the area revealed that some of the injured students had been treated and discharged, but a source among staff of the school said members of the group that was the main target of the attack had moved the seriously wounded members to an undisclosed hospital in the neighbouring town to Osogbo.

Although there were conflicting reports about the cause of the clash, a student of Ansar-U-Deen, who spoke under condition of anonymity, explained that some students of his school had last week Friday accosted an unnamed member of a cult group being led by a student of Saint James Anglican School simply identified as ‘Rado’.

He further explained that some personal belongings of the student were seized by Ansar-U-Deen students, saying attempt by the student from Saint James, to reclaim his property from his attackers with the help of his friends, however, turned bloody.

“Students from our school, when the Anglican student came to his friends to get his phone and other property back, attacked them with machete and the student, whose property were seized had his left arm badly severed.

“This morning, just as we were about settling down in school, the friends of the Saint James’ student that was wounded last week started using machete and charms on us,” he said.

Asked how many students were wounded in the clash, he said: “ Many students received varying degrees of machete cuts. I know of 10 students from SSS 3 alone that were attacked during the fracas.”

Contrary to this claim, a final year female student of Ansar-U-Deen told Daily Sun that the clash was caused by a fight over another female student of Saint James said to be the girlfriend of a leading member of a cult group in the school.

She said: “The cult group in Saint James attacked our school here because the friend of ‘Rugged’, who is the leader of a cult group in our school (Ansar-U-Deen) snatched a girlfriend of a member of the group at Saint James.”

As at the time of filing this report, over 10 students arrested by police during the clash were being held at Iludun Police Station while a top security source, who did not want his name in print, said some ring leaders of the groups involved in the violence were being trailed by the security agents.

Efforts to get reaction of the police to the incident failed, as several calls to the mobile phone lines of the spokesperson of the command, Folasade Odoro (DSP), were not answered.

Speaking on the incident, the Public Relations Officer of Osun Command of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Ayo Olowe, confirmed the clash, adding that the command did not make any arrest despite being at the scene.

sau4real:
i pray and also wish that Apc leaders will come to one term, because u people are our hope of tomorrow, let just give Apc one tenure and see how there will also perform, we can't just rule someone out without given such person benefits of doubt, i rest my case

kasiem:
see d way igbos are not even put in the equation and yet an igbo dude will come here to shout about change

firmyralphs:
Its a shame to still see that some enlightend nigerians still operate under stack ignorance... Go n check ur records that's if u have any Buhari is more sellable than the criminal we have as our president.

retepmurt:
APC has done the wish of the Nigerians by electing Buhari as its presidrntial flagbearer.
And this is the main factor that wil determine apc success in this election irrespective of the choice of ur vice president,though i wsh u cld pick a technocrat and nt a politician as the vp.
Come what may,General Mohammed Buhari will emerge victorious in the 2015 presidential election.Nigerians irrespective of their religious and ethnic affliations are yearning for a change.

san316:
what happened three years ago, you are bringing it up for political reasons. well shall, this kind of stories can keep coming as long as we dont fix our electoral system of rigging.

You can share it all you can, but you are just deceiving urselves

kizaronto:
My people, between BAT & GMB, who looks like "first-to-die?

9jii:
I Believed if Amechie wants VP slot he would've gotten it.
APC members are not about self ego,they are bout working together for the Interest of Nigerians.they're changed men and women.

THE CHANGE IS COMING 2015
ITS OVER FOR THE CORRUPT

tit:
Is tinubu a progressive?

Femolacaster:
Ebora owu indeed! He dealt with those nyamiris then.

“One had thought that as a leader he could had placed the collective interest of Ndigbo above his Nollywood show, since he is quite aware of the position of the party as regards zoning.

Arysexy:
U didn't even read What u posted? Okorocha was aware of d party's position on zoning the slot to north yet He contested thereby blocking the chance d SE has to present him as vp.

Anyway, APC is a persona non grata party. They are headed for failure.

GEJ till 2019.

Adminisher:
What is good for the goose is good for the gander is just what i was hoping to hear to confirm what i said before. Anyway, the micro nationalistic aspirations of the Igbo man is now invested in a shaky, promise and fail, clueless, mbamiri man called Goodluck. So i will borrow the American comedian John Stewart's parody of our president after chibok girls kidnap on his show and say.....GOODLUCK IBOS.

Buttocks:
Ask those fools.
Today, they care so much about Igbo interests. Even that useless bastard OrlandoOwoh now gives advice.
How touching.

amakaeugene:
The igbos are just a group of disgrunted pathetic enitity without direction. Of what relevance are they to politics if not to complete the numbers. They can continue licking the scrumbs gej(pdp) have left them with for enternity even though they accept gej(pdp) has failed them . In this country attention and relevance doesnt come to u when u dont even have a direction other than to escout pdp. Sadly the east and south votes wont be enough to keep mr Clueless in office. They say they would never allow gmb to rule them but guess what that is the situation on ground, u can now realise ur dreams of biafra oops i forgot u igbos do not even have unity or a single ruler, just annonymous

Adminisher:
I said in my last post that ibos are motivated by vengeance.You just proved. You agree that a guy is a drunkard yet you say you will support him till Nigeria get sense which is vengeance you know his agenda is evil yet you back him.
I have also read some subhuman comments from Ibos after boko haram attacks civillians in the north east.Even the chibok girls elicited.comments like karma for biafran children et.c. This is highly unfortunate but like i said you guys can keep up with it.

Adminisher:
This is a very big lie that APC will never give an Ibo man the ticket. If this lie is assumed.true then it is worse for the PDP. What kept Rochas out of it for now was Buharis star power and proven 12million votes. Atiku had money talking. Buhari's star power is nothing but lost love mentality of the Buhari Idiagbon regime. Rochas was the best speaker, most charimatic and visionary and he speaks hausa more than some hausas.

OrlandoOwoh:
APC is the fastest are most easy way an Igbo can be President of Nigeria.