Cultists Kill 3 Farmers, Injure Others In Delta Clash

Rampaging sectors that are terrorizing Cable Point of Asaba and its surroundings in the Delta state reportedly killed three farmers in the area and wounded 21 others in a renewed collision on Friday night.

Mr. Nnamdi Chukwuede, chairman of Asaba Community Vigilante who spoke with DAILY POST in Asaba, confirmed that the three farmers were shot dead during a rival cult war, while twenty-one others in the area suffered serious injuries and are currently being treated in a private hospital in Asaba .

He said: "The corpses were deposited in the mortuary of the private hospital, while attempts were being made to arrest the perpetrators.

"The victims were killed during an incineration during the cult rival war in the area, we did our best, but it seems that the sect groups are increasing every day".

Research showed that in the past three years gender-related confrontations had increased in Asaba, Ibusa, Okpanam and the surrounding area, with no fewer than forty-three people being killed.

The police spokesman in the state, DSP Andrew Aniamaka, told DAILY POST that "the identity of the suspects has been unmasked: we are on their tracks, we will not give up until they are brought to book".

Also, the police officers in Ugborikoko, near Effurun, arrested three suspected armed robbers in the area and recovered three locally made weapons from them.

The state police commissioner, Mohammad Mustafa, who spoke with DAILY POST, said: "The detectives at the Effurun police division had a tip and drove the suspects while they ordered a prominent businesswoman, Mrs. Stella Obeh in the area on gunpoint. ".

He warned members of the public against the use of private security personnel and added many of them leaked information to robbers.