At least twenty six suspected cultists have been reportedly gun down by men of Rivers state Anti Robbery Squad, SARS , in a forest around Obesemini community in Egi part of Ogba Egbema Ndoni local government area.
A local who disclosed this yesterday said the incident happened on Thursday afternoon. The source who chose to be anonymous said other communities around the forest were Akabta, Oyioga, adding that the security operatives stormed the hideout of the suspected cultists in the forest , killing those they found. Continuing, the source said the security men abandoned the corpses of the deceased in the bush saying their relatives were free to go for them Some of those killed were allegedly behind bloodletting in the local government. No fewer than forty persons have been murdered by suspected cultists in the last three months in the local government 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 wanted to be off camera told said the operation was carried out by SARS. ” The ops was conducted by SARS (Police) “, the source hinted that under strict condition of anonymity. 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.
A local who disclosed this yesterday said the incident happened on Thursday afternoon. The source who chose to be anonymous said other communities around the forest were Akabta, Oyioga, adding that the security operatives stormed the hideout of the suspected cultists in the forest , killing those they found. Continuing, the source said the security men abandoned the corpses of the deceased in the bush saying their relatives were free to go for them Some of those killed were allegedly behind bloodletting in the local government. No fewer than forty persons have been murdered by suspected cultists in the last three months in the local government 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 wanted to be off camera told said the operation was carried out by SARS. ” The ops was conducted by SARS (Police) “, the source hinted that under strict condition of anonymity. 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.
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