No fewer than six persons were killed in Ibaa community, Emuoha Local Government Area of Rivers State, following a renewed clash by suspected cult groups. Some gunmen alleged to be members of a cult group, Greenlanders, it was leant invaded Ibaa and shot sporadically killing six people. Our reporter gathered that the shooting was a reprisal against a rival cult group, known as the Ice landers. A community source said the gunmen who laid siege to the community, operated freely without opposition. The source said that strange visitors were moving from house to house in search of members of the Icelanders. It also said that the Greenlanders had chased the Icelanders out of their camp in the community and taken over the place. National Mirror also gathered that the mini-police post situated in the community has been under lock and key since the shootout, even as villagers scampered for safety. Meanwhile, Caretaker Committee chairman of Emohua LGA, Mr. John Wokoma, who visited the affected people, described the situation as pathetic. Addressing the displaced people of Ibaa community at Rumuji Junction, Wokoma urged the fleeing residents to go back to the community. The LG boss stated that the council would provide adequate security for the people of the displaced community. When contacted, the State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, DSP. Ahmad Mohammad, confirmed the incident, describing it as a supremacy battle by rival cult groups. Mohammad however said only three casualties were recorded, pointing out that normalcy had returned to the area. “It was a supremacy clash between cult groups which left three fatal casualties. Normalcy has since been restored due to police intervention,” Mohammad said.
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