A violent clash between some traditional “Oro’’ worshipers and some faithful of another doctrine led to the killing of one person in the Oko-Oba area of Lagos State on Tuesday
Lagos police spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin, said ten persons were seriously injured in the clash.
Mr Hundeyin stated that a female cleric was among 10 persons that were arrested at the scene for alleged disturbance of public peace and murder.
He explained that the police at Oko-Oba Division got a distress call on Tuesday indicating that a place of worship was about to be set ablaze by a group of people.
The police spokesman stated that on getting to the worship centre at No. 2, Sanni Taiwo Lawal Street, Oko-Oba, the traditionalists were said to be performing a ritual, where the other faithful were saying their prayers.
“The traditionalists instructed the other faithful to stop their prayers. As a result, pandemonium ensued.
“Consequently, one of the traditionalists, aged 25 years, was allegedly stoned to death.
“The corpse was evacuated to a public morgue for autopsy, while the female cleric, aged 50 years and nine other faithful were arrested.
“It is clearly a murder case. Henceforth, what is important is how do we ensure religious tolerance in similar cases,’’ Mr Hundeyin stated.
He assured that an investigation into the incident was in progress.
(NAN)
