Cultists dare police, kill one in Bayelsa

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By Samuel Oyadongha

Yenagoa — Barely some few hours to the expiration of the 72 hours ultimatum handed down to cultists to turn in their weapons and shun violence, a youth was, Sunday, stabbed to death in the riverine community of Igbomatoru in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State by suspected cultist.

Though the attack was blamed on alleged supremacy tussle between rival cult groups in the area, it was gathered that trouble started when a minor disagreement between two youths, playing snooker degenerated into a heated argument with one stabbing the other to death.

The state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Chris Olakpe, who confirmed the incident, said the suspect had been arrested and was assisting the police in its investigation.

He said the law would take its course on the suspect, adding that the police had moved into the creeks to flush out the miscreants and cult members.

He said the police had earlier granted 72 hours of grace to cultists to enable them surrender their arms and shun violence and warned that at the expiration of the period, such persons would be arrested and made to face "the full weight of the new law."

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