Two people have reportedly been killed during a clash between members of Deygbam cult and a local vigilante group in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The incident happened, 10pm Wednesday at Echue Street in Mile 2 Diobu, Port Harcourt City Local Government Area of the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was gathered that the cultists terrorising Diobu area of Port Harcourt had ambushed a member of the vigilante group simply identified as Sango and killed him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was learned that Sango was intercepted by the cultists while he was returning home and shot dead immediately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was gathered that the members of vigilante who got wind of the development had mobilised to the scene and engaged the cultists in a gun duel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A source privy to the development, who preferred to be identified only as Maxwell, disclosed that the when the crossfire ensued between the two groups that stray bullet picked a lady.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Maxwell said: \u201cThe bad boys that are disturbing Diobu ambushed a vigilante member and killed him while he was returning home. When other members of the vigilante heard it, they came to the scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Cultists engaged when. There was serious shooting between the two groups. In the course of the shooting, stray bullet picked a young lady. The Vigilante group chased the cultists away.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, the Public Relations Officer of the State Police Command, Grace Iringe-Koko, a Superintendent of Police, confirmed the development, stating that it was cult related.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She said the Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Adepoju Adewole, had mandated the tactical units to mobilise to the troubled area, adding that normalcy has since returned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Iringe-Koko said police have opened investigation into the development, promising that the police would arrest and prosecute all the cultists involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It would be recalled that Sunday night, a taxi driver identified as Barnabas was shot dead by suspected cultists in front of his house in Echue street Mile 2 Diobu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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