The Akwa Ibom State Commissioner of Police, Joseph Eribo, has confirmed the killing of two persons over cult-related matters.
The commissioner confirmed the killings during a press conference on Friday, at the police headquarters in Ikot Akpan-Abia, Uyo.
The incidents, the commissioner noted, occurred in a clash between rival cult groups in Oron Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State.
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The victims, identified as Paul Eyo and Ekpe, were killed in a bloody confrontation.
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It was gathered that Paul Eyo, suspected to be a member of one of the cult groups involved, was killed, while Ekpe, the principal of a high school in Oron and an alleged member of a rival cult, was gruesomely beheaded.
He noted that three suspects had been arrested in connection with the killing.
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The statement read, “On 16/10/2024, at about 6:35 am, operatives of the command were alerted of the presence of a corpse with marks of violence on it by the youth leader.
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“He alleged that the dead body is Paul Eyo, male, suspected member of Black Axe from Eyo Abasi, who was given machete cuts on his head leading to his death while one Ekpe, male, from Eyo-Abasi, a suspected member of Vikings cult group was also beheaded.
“At about 12:15 pm, based on credible intelligence received in Abiak Owo Ebughu in Mbo LGA, where it was believed the gangsters that killed Paul Eyo earlier that morning came from, Mfon Etim Uzoma, Robert Effiong Etim, and Malachi Williams Ubokulo, were all arrested at a ravine in the village,” he added.
