PORT HARCOURT – At least twenty six suspected cultists have been reportedly killed by men of the Rivers state Anti Robbery Squad, SARS , in a forest around Obesemini community in Egi part of Ogba Egbema Ndoni local government area.

A resident of one of the nearby communities told Vanguard the incident happened yesterday afternoon.

The source who chose to be anonymous said security operatives stormed the hideout of the suspected cultists and opened fire on them.

Continuing, the source said the security men abandoned the corpses of the cultists in the bush.

Some of those killed were allegedly behind bloodletting in the local government area, where no fewer than forty persons have been murdered by the cultists in the last three months in the area.

When contacted, the state Police public Relations Officer, DSP Ahmad Muhammad denied knowledge of the incident, thus confirming speculations that the Police would be discreet about it.

A top security source who seemed anonymity told Vanguard that the operation was carried out by SARS. ” The ops was conducted by SARS (Police)”.

Meantime, the Police command has announced restriction of movement from 10pm to 6am Saturday morning, adding that movement would be further restricted from 10 am to 6pm Saturday.


http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/05/breaking-news-26-suspected-cultists-killed-in-rivers/

Amaechi's foot army decreasing by the day!

Cultism is a scourge

I commend the d Nigeria police for its current efforts in trying to curtail d menace of cultism in rivers and all other states of d federation .

nwafuluozoh:
Amaechi's foot army decreasing by the day!

I doubt this is Amaechi's handwork because nothing called APC is allowed any space in ONELGA and it's environs bro

Ask those who know that area...it belongs to Felix Obuah aka 'Go-round' the PDP state chairman

ozoigbondu:
Cultism is a scourge

Yeah it is....

It's being the bane of ONELGA since 2010. The political crises in Rivers state simply exacerbated it

nwafuluozoh:
Amaechi's foot army decreasing by the day!

must you politicise everything? so its now in Amaechi's govt that cultism started in Rivers state abi?I guess you were still in d womb of your Mum between 1999and2007 when cultist practically took control of almost all d nooks and crannies of Rivers, before Amaechi came as gov to dislodge them.

Too bad..for them.

Cultism kills! Nothing else