A gun duel among cultists in Abarikpo community in the Ahoada East Local Government Area of Rivers State, has led to the death of three cultists of a cult identified as Icelander.
According to The PUNCH, It was learned that members of the group broke into the neighborhood at around two in the morning on Thursday in search of their unit leader, Bright Ejike, a.k.a. “Borokiri,” who they claimed converted the group’s weapons and ammunition for personnel use.
A source who pleaded anonymity, when Borokiri and some of his supporters spotted them, they got into a gunfight that left three people dead. Residents remained inside until the gunfire exchanges came to an end, the source explained.
The source stated, “The cult boys have been having some disagreement among themselves. They shot themselves when one of the groups discovered the hiding place of their leader who collected all their arms. The unit leader killed two of the boys. Borokiri was hiding between Ogbo and Abarikpo in Ahoada East. Some persons in police uniform intercepted him. So he opened fire on them and they shot him dead.
Reacting to the incident, the spokesperson for the state police, Grace Iringe- Koko, confirmed the incident.
He also explained that the intervention of the police prevented what would have been a bloodbath.
According to her, the police pursued Borokiri to his hiding place after receiving reliable information, and when he saw them, he opened fire on them, prompting the police to shoot him dead.
She said that things had returned to normal in the neighborhood and added that police had been posted there.
