AT least four persons have been reportedly killed at different locations in a fracas that broke out between two rival cult groups, over debt recovery in Ughelli, Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State.
It was learned that the four persons killed within 24 hours were members of the Aye and Bagger confraternities, respectively.
According to sources, “One of the victims sold a substance suspected to be hard drugs to his rival cult group member without payment and in the cause of recovering his money, issues broke out between them.
The anonymous source said, “The man met his debtor who belongs to one of the cult groups requesting for his money and in the process, he was beaten up mercilessly.
“On another day, the guy that was beaten saw his debtor in a lonely area and he immediately opened his head with unidentified objects in retaliation for the previous attack on him.
“Pained by the retaliation, both groups mobilized their members against them and the brutal killings started within the Ughelli metropolis. The issues started last Thursday while the killing began between Saturday and Sunday. Two persons were killed at the Okogbe axis of Otovwodo.
“The other two were killed around Iwhreko and Ogor Park respectively on Sunday morning and it has been something of a gorilla operation between both groups’’, the source said.
Though the Delta State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Edafe Bright could not be contacted at the time of filing this report, a senior security source from the state police command confirmed the incident.
The anonymous security source said, “We have only confirmed three and one of the group’s leaders have met with the security agents to resolve the issues.”
