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)”.
Credit: Jimitota Onoyume/Vanguard
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