One person is feared dead on Thursday night following a supremacy battle between suspected D12 and BS Deygbam cult groups at Mile 1 in Diobu, PortHarcourt.
An eyewitness who did not want his name in print told our correspondent that while he was walking at Akwuzu Street at about 9:00pm he suddenly heard gunshots at his back and he quickly scampered to safety .The eyewitness told our correspondent that the man the suspected cultist shot, ran some distance and later fell down while the assailants entered their vehicle and zoomed off.
A member of a local vigilance group in the area told our reporter that persons suspected to be cult members of the person who was shot mobilized with guns and other dangerous weapons and went in search of the rival cult group believed to be responsible for the shooting of their member which led to serious pandemonium in the area.
We gathered that a Police patrol van attached to Diobu Divisional Police headquarters Mile 1 came to the scene and reportedly evacuated the corpse of the slain suspected cultist.
As at 10:45pm Thursday night Police has intensified patrol in the area even as residents expressed fear of reprisals and counter reprisals.The acting spokesperson for the Rivers State Police command DSP Grace Iringe Koko could not be reached for comment.
