Two persons have reportedly lost their lives when two rival cult groups clashed in the Amadi-Ama area of Port Harcourt City Local Government Area of Rivers State.
Daily Sun gathered that the clash happened yesterday, around 6am, and some other persons sustained various degrees of injuries.
Further information gathered was that there had been long war of supremacy in the area by two notorious court groups, Iceland and Greenlanders.
A community member, who did not want to be mentioned for security reasons, said cult boys clashed in daylight, claiming that two people died during the shootout. He said the hoodlums held the area hostage for hours shooting before the arrival of police.
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Rivers State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Nnamdi Omoni, who confirmed the incident to journalists, said that normalcy had been restored in the area.
Omoni noted that there was a shootout between two rival cult gangs but that no life was lost in the incident.
He said:
“We are aware of the unfortunate usual senseless act of war of supremacy between the Icelander and Greenlander cult groups at Amadi-Ama this morning. We were alerted and we mobilised to the scene, but on arrival, the bad boys fled. The police are on their trail. We have restored normalcy in the area. A Keke (tricycle) driver was shot on the leg in the incident and he is receiving treatment. So far, no life was lost in the incident. We have taken over the place”,
Omoni stated.
