April 11, (THEWILL) – Fierce rivalry between notorious cult groups, the Greenlanders and the Bobos, on Tuesday night, led to the killing of a 28-year-old, Victor Namabebe, along the Amarata suburb of Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital.
According to the report, the victim was said to have stormed the Amarata/Ebis Mechanic area with some group of boys, suspected to be members of the Greenlanders, against a member of Bobos, who had allegedly crossed them.
According to residents of the area, the fierce battle between the rival cult group led to volley of gunshots and use of dangerous weapons.
Many of the residents, who were trapped at various viewing centres at around 8 pm to see football matches, scampered home for safety.
The victim was reported to have been left in his own pool of blood with a head injury.
Sources told newsmen that the suspected cult groups domicile along the Apex Academy Road, OMPADEC, Ebi Mechanic and Amarata, are on red alert for more reprisal attacks over the death of the victim.
Contacted on the development, the spokesman of the Bayelsa Police Command, Musa Mohammed, confirmed the development and said the corpse of the deceased has been deposited at the morgue.
According to him, “At about 9 pm, one Chief Emmanuel Namabebe, reported at the A Division of the Nigerian Police that his 28-year-old son, Victor Namabebe, was found dead at Amarata area of the State capital.
“Police personnel from the A Division mobilised to the area and found the victim. Upon examination, he was found with various grievous injuries to the head.”
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