Cult Clash Between Rival Gangs Leaves Two Dead In Anambra State

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 (Vikings). 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.