Sadly unknown gunmen shot less
than eight persons last weekend at Agbonchia market area, Eleme Local
Government of Rivers State.
Rivers State Police Command said it had uncovered plans by two rival political groups to protest, today, the Federal High Court ruling in Port Harcourt that nullified the May 23 elections of 22 local government executives.
Rivers State Police Command said it had uncovered plans by two rival political groups to protest, today, the Federal High Court ruling in Port Harcourt that nullified the May 23 elections of 22 local government executives.
On the market shooting,
state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ahmad Muhammad, however, said five
people died, adding that a suspect had been arrested.
He said the killers stormed
a place around a market where people wash motorcycles and opened fire on those
around, noting that five persons died at the end of the shooting.
He said: “The assailants
came on motorcycles, opened fire at a motorcycles wash point at Agbonchia Eleme
and fled. Five persons lost their lives.
“Preliminary investigation
revealed that the attack was related to cult activities. One suspect is right
now undergoing interrogation, while moves to arrest other fleeing miscreants
has begun.”
Eyewitnesses said eight
persons lost their lives in the incident, corroborating the account of the
police image maker that the assailants were three in number and came on a motor
bike.
They said the assailants
pretended as if they came to wash their bikes.
“Suddenly, they started
shooting at those around and when they were done, they hopped on their bike and
fled,” the eyewitnesses said.
The incident caused tension
in the area as nobody could say if it had anything to with politics or cultism.
Some feared it would be
connected with the sack of 22 council chairmen in the state.
A member of the community
said: “Politicians can go to any length. Maybe factions of the two political
parties are engaged in a war already, following political developments in the
state last week.”
Another member of the
community said it was likely a cult-related attack.
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