Four persons have been confirmed dead from Easter Sunday’s attack by suspected cultists on Swali community in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, several residents were injured in the attack.
A resident who pleaded anonymity told the media yesterday that the masked assailants arrived at midnight on a Toyota Hilux van, armed with AK-47 rifles and shot indiscriminately at residents.
Another source said two rival cult groups, the Greenlanders and Bobos, had been engaged in supremacy battle over control of revenue from a market.
Condemning the attack, the member representing Yenagoa Constituency 1 in the House of Assembly, Ayibanegiyefa Egba called on residents to be united and vigilant in the face of the incident.
“I equally call on youths to shun external influences and also shun vices that can truncate their lives,” the lawmaker said.
Egba, who visited the community yesterday, said “this attack is brutal and I condole the families of those who lost loved ones.
Confirming the incident, the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Musa Mohammed said security had been beefed up to restore normalcy in the community.
“Normalcy has returned to the community and security measures have been put in place to ensure that there is no breakdown of law and order or destruction of lives and property,” Mohammed said.
