Omiete Joseph
Residents and indigenes of Ahoada community are presently living in fear, following the killing of a vigilante group member known as Precious Nnamdi, by suspected cultists along Hospital Road, Ahoada town, in Ahoada East Local Government Area of Rivers State.
Omable African News gathered that the victim was intercepted by the suspected cultists while on patrol in the area and shot him severally, but the bullets reportedly did not penetrate.
Community sources revealed that the suspects’ when they could not gun down the victim, later used sticks and iron objects found around the scene to hit him until he died before they fled.
The development, it was gathered, led to tension in Ahoada town, even as none of the two dominant cult groups (Iceland and Greenland) in the LGA has claimed responsibility for the attack.
A community source also disclosed that the deceased hailed from Ihuike community in Ula-Upata Kingdom, Ahoada East LGA.
The State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Grace Iringe-Koko, has confirmed the incident to journalists.
Speaking on the incident, Iringe-Koko said: “Yes, I can confirm the incident.The victim was rushed to the hospital where he was certified dead by a medical doctor on duty. He has been deposited in the mortuary. Investigation is ongoing.”
She added that the Commissioner of Police, CP Olugbenga Adepoju, has ordered the Area Commander and Tactical units to arrest the perpetrators of the heinous crime.