Fear grip residents of Asaba, the Delta State capital, over the killing of six persons suspected to be secret cult members.
The six persons killed were done in a separate attack that appeared to be a reprisal attack which came after a former Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees, (NULGE), was shot dead on Monday in the state capital.
It was gathered by goldennationblog.com that one of the six persons killed was beheaded and the six persons were killed between 6 pm on Monday to 7 am on Tuesday including a 67-year-old surveyor in Asaba, Ifeanyi Nwokobia.
According to a source who pleaded anonymity, told newsmen that Nwokobia was killed in his house at Umuagu, opposite the Stephen Keshi Stadium around 6 pm while five yet to be identified others were killed in separate locations within the state capital in a reprisal attack.
Also, the source said the head of the person that was beheaded was found at the Oshimili South Local Government junction early Tuesday morning while his body was dropped at the Otuagu area of Asaba.
Meanwhile, the acting Spokesperson of the State Police Command, DSP Bright Edafe, when contacted, confirmed the killings but said that the command was aware of three persons that were killed, not six.
He said, “The information we have at our disposal confirms that three persons were killed and it is about a cult-related matter.”
He also said the police are on the situation as the investigation is ongoing.
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