Nine persons have been killed in Ibaa, Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State, following renewed cult activities in the area.
Police spokesman Ahmad Muhammad confirmed the incident yesterday in a text message to our reporter.
Muhammad said: “Nine people were killed. The suspects are in police custody. My men are there. They visited the community yesterday morning to assess the situation.”
Eyewitnesses said there was a supremacy battle among members of Islanders, Dewell and Degbam groups.
A victim’s brother, Anthony Davies, said his brother was shot while trying to escape.
“My brother is not a cult member, when we heard gunshots that morning, he was frightened. One of the killers called him by name the next thing I heard was the sound of a gun, he bled for 30minuts before he died.”
A community leader, Francis Woke, said the cult groups resumed their hostility after a cult member was murdered.
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