SAD: Calabar cultists wastes 6 lives in a clash
Reprisal killings have resumed in Calabar,
Cross River State capital, by suspected cult members, leading to general
insecurity in Calabar South Local Government Area of the state Owojela’s Blog gathered
that as at late Tuesday and the early hours of yesterday, no fewer than six
persons have been gunned down in different locations in the metropolis.
Investigations
revealed that from Tuesday evening, as President Muhammadu Buhari concluded his
one-day working visit to the state, a young trader, simply identified as Eyo,
was hacked down with axes, leading to stampede among market women and
passers-by at the popular Watt Market.
Other traders
said he might have been a member of some clandestine groups, otherwise they
would not have come for him. Cult clash Also in the early hours of yesterday,
reprisal attacks were reported in different locations with a young man attacked
with machetes, leading to his death.
The same gang
was said to have freely brandished their weapons such as pistols and machetes
running down Ambo and Ibesikpo streets, where another man identified as Duada,
who runs a provision store at 60 Ibesikpo Street, was killed as residents
scampered into their homes for safety.
An eyewitness,
Mr. Andrew Imoh, said three more people were killed along Atu Street and Ekpo
Abasi. His words: “One Bassey was killed this morning (yesterday) along Atu
Street and another person was also gunned down at Ekpo Abasi just close to
CRUTECH.
“A lot of
people are now living in fear, many are even relocating to neighbouring Akwa
Ibom State, because there is tranquillity there due to the measures they took
to nip problem of cultism in the bud; they declared war on them.”
Only 2
died—Police Contacted, Police Public Relations Officer in the state, ASP Irene
Ugbo, confirmed the incident, but claimed that only two people have been
killed. Her words: “I can only confirm that two persons were killed. I am not
aware that three other people were killed and I also know that the rivalry is
between Vikings and Klans confraternities. “We are working very hard to arrest
those involved and bring them to book, but we want to urge the public to go
about their legitimate business, as there is no cause for alarm.”
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