5 Suspected Cultists in Rivers Sent to Their Early Graves by the Nigerian Army

5 Suspected Cultists in Rivers Sent to Their Early Graves by the Nigerian Army

The Nigerian Army in Rivers State has said its men today shot and killed five suspected cultists in gun battle in Omoku area of Ogba Egbema Ndoni Local Government Area of the state.

General Officer Commanding 6 Division, Port Harcourt, Major General Kasimu Abdulkarim, confirmed the incident to journalists in Port Harcourt yesterday.

He also disclosed that five AK 47 riffles had so far been recovered by the army from hoodlums in the local government area since the New Year.

“The army has recorded appreciable success in its bid to rid the local government of cultists and brigands. We have recovered a total of five AK47 riffles from cultists in the area since January 1^st,” he said.

Abdulkarim said the army had overwhelmed hoodlums in the local government area.

A source in the community said the army responded to a distress call in Omoku on Tuesday night when the cultists stormed the town shooting sporadically.

The cultists were said to have killed two young men in the community before the arrival of the soldiers who engaged them in a duel.

 

It was gathered that corpses of two of the cultists recovered on Palace Road in the area were displayed at the Police station in Omoku. The other three were found at the end of the battle with the soldiers.