By Ayodele Oni
Two persons have been killed during a clash at the signing out celebration of Auchi Polytechnic students Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State.
The celebration took place at a popular hotel and was sponsored by a suspected cult leader in the school, to honour members.
It was gathered that another party was also being held at the same hotel, where a rival confraternity group, was also celebrating the signing out of some members.
Both cult groups, identified as Black Axe Movement and Eiye, were said to have fired gunshots into the air as they exchanged banters.
The celebration, however, took an ugly twist after shots fired into the air hit and damaged a rival member’s ML Mercedes Benz SUV.
A witness who simply identified himself as Omorowa said: “The colleagues of the member whose car was hit by bullet, became enraged alleging that the shot was targeted at them.
”Though the other group claimed no one was in the said car, but the development led to confrontation between Eiye and the Black Axe movement, otherwise known as Aye.”
It was gathered that as the disagreement boiled over, a colleague of the member whose car was damaged, used a car to run over a member of the rival group, leading to the death of one person.
Sources also confirmed that another person was also shot dead in the ensuing chaos.
The State Police Command Spokesman, CSP Moses Yamu, who confirmed the incident, however said only one person was killed.
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