Five people are said to have been killed in a cult conflict between two competing confraternities, the Vikings and the Mafians, in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.InformationGuideNigeria
According to sources close to Ibom Plaza, where the event occurred, the fight began at 6.30 p.m. on Tuesday and lasted nearly two hours.
PUNCH According to Metro, police, and military were later deployed on the spot.JAMB Portal
According to a petrol attendant who spoke on the condition of anonymity, the altercation sparked terror, prompting business owners to close their doors and flee.NYSC portal
He said, “A member of the Vikings Confraternity placed a bet to the tune of N5,000, but could not pay after he lost. The shop attendant asked him to pay or drop his phone, but he refused. Instead, he called his gang members on the phone; they came, pounced on the attendant, and raided the shop.”
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He claimed that a booking man at the shop who belonged to the Mafia also summoned his gang members, resulting in a free-for-all.
Two persons died in the Plaza area, while one died near the University of Uyo town campus, according to Akpainyang.
“Two others had earlier been killed on Okokon Etuk Street some few meters to the Uyo City Centre,” he added.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Odiko Macdon, who confirmed the incident in a statement on Wednesday, was, however, silent on the casualty figure.
The statement read in part, “The Commissioner of Police, Olatoye Durosinmi, condemned in strong terms, the unfortunate incident which caused palpable fear among the good people of the state. The CP has reminded those involved in this dastardly act to note that the ban on cultism in the state is still in force and that henceforth, perpetrators of such acts will be apprehended and prosecuted in accordance with extant laws.”
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