The increasing spate of insecurity in Ogun state, especially in the state capital, Abeokuta took a new dimension on Tuesday as there was pandemonium along Isabo, Ijaye, Ijeun Tuntun and Ago Ijesha area of Abeokuta South, when suspected cultists embarked on a free for all gun battle with policemen.

Nigerian Newstrack reporter who ran into the crisis saw passersby running helter-skelter, as they scamper for safety.

Motorists were seen turning back with shop owners shutting their shops along the areas as policemen engage the hoodlums in a face-off.

Nigerian Newstrack reliably gathered that the pandemonium broke out, after unknown gunmen allegedly killed two people, yet to be identified, in front of a popular petrol station at Ijaiye roundabout on Monday night.

This development was barely  24 hours after another suspected cultist was killed on Sunday night at Quarry, in Abeokuta.

The Ogun State police command is yet to make any official statement on the situation as the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi could not be reached.