•As residents flee community
Emma Sunday
The Chairman of Emohua Local Government Council, Chief Hon David Omereji has appealed to the people of Obelle Community who fled their fled their homes to return.
Natives and residents of the community fled their homes over fear of a reprisal attack after suspected members of Iceland cultist group on Wednesday night, February 5, 2025, invaded community in search of members of a rival Deygbam cult group, killing seven persons.
Community sources told our correspondent that the suspected cultists moved from one apartment to another and shot their victims dead at different compounds in the community.
A native who pleaded anonymity disclosed that six of the persons killed were blood relations to those who were been hunted after by the gunmen while only one person is members of the Deygbam cult group, their main target.
The Rivers State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, SP Grace Iringe-Koko confirmed the incident to newsmen, adding that seven suspects have been arrested and are in Police custody.
She hinted that the Commissioner of Police, CP Olugbenga Adepoju has directed the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of the jurisdiction and Area Commander in charge of the area to fish out and apprehend fleeing members of the cult groups.
Meanwhile, the Chairman of Emohua LGA, Chief David Omereji has placed a bounty of N10 Million reward on anyone with information leading to arrest of those who perpetrated the killing in Obelle Community and N20 Million reward on any security agency that apprehends them within 72hrs
Omereji who spoke when he visited the community vowed that the killing will be the last of it’s kind in the area as he will not sleep until he sees an end to the Obelle incident.
