The Rivers State Police Command has confirmed the death of six persons following a clash between two rival cult groups in Omoku, headquarters of Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area, on Friday night.
DSP Ahmad Muhammad, Public Relations Officer of the command, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Port Harcourt on Saturday that anti-riot police units had been deployed to the area.
Muhammad also said the situation had been brought under control following police intervention.
He said: “The incident is reasonably believed to be a battle of supremacy between rival cult groups in the town.
“As it is now, the situation has been brought under control, with more anti-riot policemen drafted to reinforce the existing security in the town.
“As for casualties, six deaths of the suspected cultists were recorded.”
A resident of Omoku town, who did not want his name mentioned, told NAN that among those killed were a husband and wife, two brothers of the same parents.
NAN.
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