A young man simply identified as Nzube has been killed in an alleged intra-cult war at Akalovo Emekuku Owerri in Owerri North local government area of Imo state....CONTINUE READING THE FULL ARTICLE>>>
The deceased who lived in a nearby village, Azaraegbelu allegedly met his untimely death when he, in the company of his friends stormed a residence at Akalovo Emekuku on Saturday night and shot at a young man identified as “Seaman” now at large, who is believed to be a member of his cult group.
Luck ran out of him when he tried to escape after the attack as he was cut by people in the compound who immediately inflicted machete injuries on him before dumping him beside drainage in Emekuku- Mbaise road where he gave up the ghost.
The Youth Chairman of Akalovo Community in Emekuku Owerri, Mr Ikechukwu Obichere described the incident as cult-related and noted that efforts to get the attention of the Police during and after the incident yielded no result.
He lamented that Cultists had been terrorizing the community and appealed to law enforcement agents to beam their searchlight on the area as the people now live in fear.
“It is a cult issue between one of our brothers and his fellow cult member. I only noticed the fight and heard a gunshot before we saw a man that was dead lying helplessly and I called the Police that night till this morning we didn’t see anybody. The cult boys have been disturbing here shooting and harassing people, raping little girls”
Another leader in the community Mr Franklin Chiagoro said the community had become helpless and expressed the fear that cult-related crime would escalate in the community if nothing urgent was done.
An elder sister to the deceased who was wailing uncontrollably when the remains were being removed lamented why the brother whom she said was the only son in the family of five chose to die the way he died.
The deceased was said to be notorious in the area as passersby kept making uncomplimentary remarks about him.
The Police Public Relations Officer Imo State Command, Mr Micheal Abattam in a reaction said he would get in touch with the nearest Police division for details and subsequent action.
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