Cult Clash Claims Five In Ahoada, Rivers Police Confirm

The Rivers State Police Command, Port Harcourt, has confirmed the killing of five persons in Ahoada East Local Government Area of the state over the weekend.
The spokesperson of the command, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, in a statement in Port Harcourt, yesterday, said the killing was as a result of clashes between members of rival cult groups -Icelanders and Greenlanders at Ahoada, adding that the incident happened at Abuja Housing Estate near Immigration Training School in the area.
The statement said during the supremacy battle, five persons were killed, adding that before police could arrive the scene of the incident, relatives had allegedly removed bodies of three suspected cultists for burial.
The statement said only the body of one Chibuike ThankGod, with one unidentified body, was later deposited at Okpeden mortuary in Ula Ehuda community.
It further disclosed that the state commissioner of police had ordered the deployment of tactical police team in the affected area while investigation was on to unravel the cause of the cult fracas.
Investigation shows that a shoot-out had ensued between members of Greenlanders and the Icelanders cult groups, which resulted to the death of about eight persons while a woman allegedly sustained gunshot injuries with corpses of the deceased littering around the estate as at Sunday morning.
A resident, who spoke of the community who spoke on condition of anonymity, said that residents scampered for safety, and many others remained in-doors for fear of being caught by stray bullet.
It was learnt that there was no security presence for over two hours during the shoot-out, while some residents around the area deserted the community for their safety.
It was further gathered that the Icelanders and Greenlanders have been involved in supremacy battle for territorial control in the past months with over 12 persons reportedly killed.

By: Akujobi Amadi