Two of the alleged cultists who massacred five locals from the Odiemerenyi community in Ahoada East Local Government Area on Sunday morning have reportedly been killed, according to the Rivers State Police Command.
The command stated that the cultists are gang members of David Gift, also known as 2-Baba, a wanted criminal who is suspected of killing SP Bako Angbanshin, the Ahoada Divisional Police Officer, in September 2023.
In a statement released in Port Harcourt on Monday, Grace Iringe-Koko, the command’s spokesperson, revealed this.
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She claimed that reliable information about the suspects’ activities led to the accomplishment.
According to the statement, “On Sunday, November 12, 2023, at around one in the morning, personnel at Ahoada Police Station received a distress call informing them that some suspected cultists loyal to wanted David Gift, also known as 2Baba, had invaded Odiemerenyi community in search of potential police informants.”
After learning of the incident, the police division quickly moved to mobilize additional tactical units to the scene.
The thugs who had tragically murdered five aboriginal people prior to the police’s arrival opened fire on them as soon as they saw them entering the community.
Two of the alleged cultists suffered mortal injuries, but the police’s superior firepower ultimately overcame the thugs.
The Ahoada Police Division and other tactical units have been instructed by the Commissioner of Police to step up their efforts to guarantee that David Gift and other suspects who are on the run are apprehended.
The community’s and Ahoada East’s neighboring communities’ residents are urged by the CP to go about their lawful business because sufficient security is in place to fend off any threats to security that might be brought on by criminal elements.
The families of the native people who perished in the attack were also offered condolences by the CP.