Two suspected cultists were killed while 10
others sustained injuries, when two rival cult groups clashed at Nkpor
community, near Onitsha, Anambra State, on Saturday.
Divisional Police
Officer in-charge of Ogidi Divisional Police Headquarters, Mr. Hassan Musa,
confirmed the incident in a telephone interview with newsmen.
Musa said before the
joint team of the Mobile policemen and the Police Anti-Cult Squad could reach
the scene along the Nkpor-Obosi Road, two unidentified people were already
killed.
He, however, said the
bodies of the deceased were taken away by their cult members to avoid
identification and possible trace by the police, saying the police was
investigating the incident.
An official of the
Department of State Services, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the
bloody clash occurred between the Aiye confraternity and their Akpa rival.
The source hinted that
the timely intervention of the police at the scene, however, prevented the
situation from further degeneration as rival groups fled for fear of being
apprehended and identified.
“It is not possible to
ascertain whether the deceased members and the injured ones were from only one
cult group or from both sides.
“However, those whose
members were killed ensured that they took their corpses away before the
arrival of the Police Anti-cult Squad and Mobile police,’’ he said.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the cause of the clash
was yet to be ascertained by the police, who are still investigation the
incident.
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