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A group of gunmen suspected to be cultists have attacked a community in Rivers state, killing and destroying properties.
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Daily Report Nigeria gathers that the cultists attack also led to the loss of life of a vigilante member.
A gang of cultists have attacked a community in Rivers state, as they cause havoc in the process.
The gunmen were reported to have invaded Obele community in the Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State.
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According to reports from PUNCH Metro, the cultist killed a member of the local security guard, known as the ONELGA Security Peace and Advisory Committee codenamed OSPAC.
It was also gathered that the gunmen had earlier attacked a councilors house, as they set it ablaze, while shooting four other people.
Speaking to Punch, one of the survivors, identified as Eze said;
“I stood up and said let me go and check the people. I saw boys working for one man nicknamed ‘Naked’ with guns and immediately told my brother to run. As we started running, they began to shoot at us.
“Now, they shot me, shot my brother, we are like four that they shot. I have not seen one up till now. We called the village if they had seen my brother, and they said they had not seen him
Naked is from Ibaa community (also in Emuoha). He was said to be on security surveillance, I don’t know. I am not a cultist.”
Continuing, he said, “They (the assailants) said that we were giving information. That is the last thing I heard in the community before I left. I don’t know who I am giving information to.”
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Also, former councillor in Port Harcourt ward 17, Chigozie Woka whose house was razed said;
“I served as a councillor in Port Harcourt City Local Government Area. What is happening in Obele today is unfortunate. Obele has been having a crisis because of this young man called Naked.
“This young man in question is not even from Obele. He is from Ibaa, and comes to Obele to take refuge. He called me on the phone to say I was working with the security agencies to chase him out of Obele. I told him I was not working with anybody because I didn’t have any plan like that.
“It was on a Sunday. I was in Port Harcourt when they called me that he had gone to my house with his OSPAC (vigilante) boys. This young man, if he is called for profiling as an OSPAC officer will not come
He went to my house, they told me he scattered everywhere, put the house on fire and I’m in Port Harcourt here. What is my crime? That I am working with security agencies.
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These are the things happening in Obele. After he scattered my house and set fire to it, I went to the Divisional Police Officer in Rumuji. I have made an entry there.
“Today again, I am surprised that they were calling me that he had gone to my place to shoot some people in my community, that they were working with me and the police to chase him out.
“He shot four people, they can only see three, who are looking for a way to treat themselves. One, I don’t know if he is dead, they are calling me they cannot reach that one.”
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