Five persons including a suspected drug peddler were yesterday killed and scores injured in a renewed cult war in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital between notorious members of the Bobos and Iceland cult groups.
Niger Delta Herald gathered that the killings, which started in the early hours of Monday at OMPADEC area of the State capital and have spread to other part of the suburb known as Amarata with residents scurrying for safety.
A source informed our correspondent that the killing of the suspected hard drug peddler at OMPADEC area at about 3am by suspected Bobos cult members may have triggered the anger of the Iceland boys who controls the area in Amarata.
The deceased suspected drug peddler, who some persons claim do not belong to either cult groups, was reported to have had a verbal altercation with some unknown persons at a popular bar in Amarata known as Kimowei Lounge during a birthday party.
He was trailed to his house and shot twice before he was dealt machete cuts,â€we heard two shot fired at about 3am. And we heard voices shouting.â€
In retaliation, the Icelanders invaded the Ebis Mechanic base of the Bobos and shot dead one boy known as Peter in broad day light. They also dispossess residents of mobile phones and other valuables at gun point.
Investigations into the reasons for the escalation of hostilities among the two rival cult groups however remained unknown, but possible explanation would have been linked to the first killing.
The spokesman of the Bayelsa State Police Command, Asinim Butswat, who confirmed the renewed cult clash in the state capital, said only one person was killed along the Ebis Mechanic Area with operatives of the ‘A’ Divisional headquarters investigating and searching for the deceased family.
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