Eight persons have been feared dead in Rivers state
after unknown men identified as members of a cult gang invaded households in
the wee hours of today.
According to reports from The Nation Newspaper,
unknown gunmen in their numbers stormed Mgbuodohia community in Rumuolumeni,
Obia/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, killing eight persons while
some persons sustained injuries.
The Chairman of Rumuolumeni Community Development
Committee, (CDC), Sunny Odum, confirmed the figure expressing sadness over the
unfortunate invasion.
Odum said that eight persons were killed in the
attack, describing it as strange.
But the Police in the state said three persons were
killed in the attack.
The sources said a cult group had invaded the
community in search of members of their rival cult members.
According to them, the hoodlums moved from house to
house in search of targets (rival cultists) in the area and in the process
fished out and killed eight of them.
The development caused panic in the area, causing
residents to desert the place in fear of reprisal attack.
But the CDC chairman urged residents to return to
their homes, assuring security operatives in the state were already on top of
the matter and will track the attackers in no time.
Nnamdi Omoni, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, has
confirmed the arrest of some of the suspects involved in the killings and
investigations are currently been carried out to get to the root of the matter.
“It was a cult
fight and as at the time i got report from Rumuolumeni Police Division today,
only three persons were confirmed dead while several others who sustained
gun-shot injuries were being treated at different hospitals.
“Some persons have been arrested in connection with
the incident and they are helping the Police in their investigations,” he said.
Omoni appealed to residents who have deserted their
homes to return, assuring normalcy has since returned to the community.
