Troops
of 6 Division, Nigerian Army, in the early hours of Tuesday shot dead a
notorious cultist during a gun battle in Sime community, Tai Local Government
Area of Rivers.
Aminu Iliyasu, a colonel, the division’s deputy
director of Army Public Relations, made the disclosure in a statement issued to
newsmen on Tuesday in Port Harcourt.
He said the deceased cultist was the leader of
Dey Bam secret cult group fingered in extra judicial killings.
He added that the late cultist was on the
wanted list of Rivers Police command.
Mr. Iliyasu said one suspected cultist was
arrested while several others fled the scene with gunshot wounds in the
operation that lasted several hours.
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