Policeman, Three Others Killed in Clash between Cult Groups

A policeman and at least three other persons have been killed in separate incidents in Yenagoa and Otuesega in Ogbia, Bayelsa State, following clashes between rival cult groups.

The police in the state said they could not immediately release the name of the deceased cop to the public until all official procedures were completed.

THISDAY learnt that the policeman ran into some rampaging cultists at the Tombia area of the state capital, and angered them by the reported arrest of one of their leaders, a member of the Icelanders cult group.

The policeman was shot while the unit patrol vehicle when he came down to help with the heavy traffic, it was gathered.

The cultists who had already halted commercial activities in the area, reportedly killed the policeman suspecting that he was attached to a police team deployed to quell the crisis.

New state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ebere Onyeagoro, confirmed the killing of the police officer during the cultists’ attack yesterday, vowing that all those involved would be brought to book.