There
are reports that 19 people have been killed in suspected cult clashes
in Aluu community in Ikwere Local Government Area and Obite community in
Etche LGA in Rivers. Although the Rivers State Commissioner of Police,
Musa Kimo, said that he was not aware of the incident, a security source who asked not to be quoted told Channels TV correspondent that among the dead is a Naval officer who was a member of the joint security operation that was sent to quell the situation.A woman was also reportedly killed in the crash. what a pity.
Musa Kimo, said that he was not aware of the incident, a security source who asked not to be quoted told Channels TV correspondent that among the dead is a Naval officer who was a member of the joint security operation that was sent to quell the situation.A woman was also reportedly killed in the crash. what a pity.
Sources
described the crisis as a battle of supremacy between rival cult
groups. Eyewitnesses say some innocent persons were also caught in the
crossfire. The Caretaker Committee Chairman of Ikwere LGA, Samuel
Nwonosike, told journalists that the situation was overblown. He said
that the government has moved in to chase out the miscreants and that
normalcy has returned to the affected areas.
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