Metro
Bloody cult war claims 8 lives in Calabar
There has been heavy security presence in streets of Calabar, Cross River State after a renewed cult clash between Vikings and Black Axe confraternity claimed no less than nine lives in the last three days.
According to reports, the deadly cult clash which started on Sunday night and continued late Monday to the early hours of Tuesday was a reprisal attack following the earlier hacking of a member of one of the cult groups.
An eyewitness who declined to be named said the clash was sparked by the gruesome killing of one of the cult members identified as Agbani.
Read Also: PHOTOSCENE: Ambode’s wife shares school shoes to students
The eyewitness also added that after the clash, he counted at the least four corpses of suspected cultists’ along Marian Road in Calabar on Monday night.
“I also learnt that four others were gunned down at Atekong Drive and close to Apples along Marian Road in Calabar Municipal,” he said.
However, Irene Ugbo, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Irene Ugbo, only confirmed the death of one victim but revealed that the police was on top of the situation.
“Actually, the clash between the two rivalry cult groups occurred. The police are on top of the situation. But only one person was reportedly killed,” she said.
RipplesNigeria… without borders, without fears
Click here to join the Ripples Nigeria WhatsApp group for latest updates.
Join the conversation
Support Ripples Nigeria, hold up solutions journalism
Balanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at huge financial costs.
As a media platform, we hold leadership accountable and will not trade the right to press freedom and free speech for a piece of cake.
If you like what we do, and are ready to uphold solutions journalism, kindly donate to the Ripples Nigeria cause.
Your support would help to ensure that citizens and institutions continue to have free access to credible and reliable information for societal development.
INVESTIGATION: In Kwara, multimillion-naira milk processing plant is abandoned, converted to a chicken outlet
After the government spent millions of naira to establish a milk processing plant in Kwara State that would provided jobs...
SPECIAL REPORT: For Sokoto communities, promise of healthcare is akin to death sentence
In this story, ABDULRASHEED HAMMAD delves into the dire realities of Primary Health Care services in Sokoto State, shedding light...
ICYMI…SPECIAL REPORT: NNPCL hides behind PIA to frustrate disclosure, accountability
Nigeria’s major oil company, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL), in what appears to be a common practice of disregard...
INVESTIGATION: Multi-million naira Ekiti resort center remains uncompleted a decade after
The multimillion-naira project, expected to comprise recreational buildings, now consists of cassava farmland, a bush used for excretion, and a...
SPECIAL REPORT: Torturous experiences of students with disabilities in Oyo tertiary institutions
For students with disabilities in Oyo state-owned tertiary institutions, learning is a torturous and distressing experience, considering the building structures...