They were empowered by politicians, who used them to muscle their way to power. Now they pose a big threat to peaceful existence. Indications are that cultists now reign supreme in Rivers State and people now live under their mercy, with government watching helplessly as the monsters they created destroy its people.
Barely hours after the killings in Aluu by suspected cultists, armed members of a cult group again in the wee-hours of yesterday killed another 11 persons in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State in a fresh cult fight. The cultists descended on three communities in the area – Rumuji, Ovogo and Rumuewhuo.
The names of some of the victims were given as, Nature Oti, Ikechi, Onyebuchi Omuruka, Chima Omuruka, Lucky Okwakpam, Nyovele and others.
It was gathered that the cultists had earlier attacked Rumuji Divisional Police Headquarters and overpowered the officers on night duty and released detainees. They also made away with guns and ammunition in the police armoury.
A source confided that the police station came under heavy gunfire attack by some bandits last night.
While another said seven people were shot dead in Ovogo community, two in Rumuji and two others in Rumuewhuo. He said: “The residents of Ovogo community woke up this morning to the presence of a lot of dead bodies.
“The three communities have been deserted.”
The Public Relations Officer of the Rivers State Police Command, DSP Ahmad Muhammad however said: “There was something like that, but no casualties on either side.”
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