4 persons killed, houses burnt as cultists clash in Kogi.
Four persons on Tuesday morning were killed while about five houses completely raced down as a result of cultic skirmishes in Kabawa a native area in Lokoja the Kogi state capital.
It was reliably gathered that the crisis started on Monday night as two rival groups within the ages of 13 to 15 years old engaged themselves in fight which led to killing and burning of houses in the area on Tuesday.
As a result of the crises, residents were moving their family members from the area to a better secured places within the state capital to avoid been engulfed in the crisis.
Mallam Usman Yusuf who volunteer to speak disclosed that the crisis occurred due to reprisal attack by another group following the killing of one of their member few weeks ago .
The source added that the cultists who were armed with guns and other dangerous weapons invaded some houses, attack people and burned houses they believe belong to rival group.
However, when the police stormed the area on Tuesday to calm down the situation, some of the cultists engaged the security agent in a gun battle which lasted for several hours before they were over powered.
Some member of the cultists jumped into river Niger to avoid been arrest and then swim to the other side of the river bank.
Meanwhile, the Public Relations Officer, Kogi state police command William Aya who confirmed the incident said 15 suspects have been arrested by the command.
He added that presently the command can only confirmed that one person was killed and that they are still investigation what led to the incident.