Police arrest 4 suspects

By Davies Iheamnachor

PORT HARCOURT—SIX more persons have been feared killed in the ongoing cult battle for supremacy in Rumuodogo 1 community, Emohua Local Government Area, Rivers State, bringing the total number of deaths to 10.

Two cult groups, Icelanders and Deygbam, for about four days now, have been locked in a supremacy battle resulting in several deaths.

At the time of filing this report, yesterday, a resident of the crisis-ridden community told Vanguard that no single person was still in the village.

The source who gave his name as Emenike, claimed that six persons were shot dead by the cult boys, Tuesday.

He revealed that on Sunday, some persons believed to be members of the dreaded Icelanders that have been terrorising the area invaded the community killing two people.

On Tuesday, at about 3:20p.m., the Icelanders on hearing the action of their rival revisited the community in a frightening manner and allegedly killed six people.

Emenike said the news was rarely reported because there were no persons in the community to relate it to outsiders.

But when contacted, the Public Relations Officer of the Rivers State Police Command, DSP Ahmad Muhammad, said the police were aware of the incident.

Muhammad said after the Sunday shooting that peace had returned in the troubled community.

The PPRO said the incident was a cult war between Icelanders and Deygbam cult groups.

He said: “The incident happened on Sunday and we have deployed a unit of Mobile Police personnel who are now stationed in the community. When it happened, the Rumuji Police Divisional Headquarters was alerted and policemen were sent immediately. As it stands now there is peace. We have also arrested four suspects in relation to the cult war.”