Pascal Arogorn Ibe
A young child simply identified as Amos and four other persons have lost their lives during a shoot out between two rival cult groups in Lobia ll community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa state.
According to eyewitness account, the two cult groups supposedly from Ukubie and Azuzuama communities clashed on Sunday during the remembrance ceremony of one late Chief Genesis in Lobia ll over a conflict yet to be ascertained.
Some community sources, told Daily Trust that a little boy, identified as a son of one Mr. Amos from Lobia l community, three persons from Ukubie and one person from Azuzuama communities lost their lives during the shooting on the night of Sunday December 27, 2020.
Daily Trust reports that after the EndSARS protest in the country last July, cultists have been having a field day in various communities in Bayelsa state, notably in Tombia/Etekwe axis of Yenagoa and other communities, where they rob residents at will.
When contacted, the police spokesman in Bayelsa State, SP Asinim Butswat could not confirm the incident, saying he had “been trying to reach the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in the area for the details of the incident.
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