Cultists went on rampage on Wednesday in Rumuoro village in Ogbakiri clan in Emouhua local Government Area of Rivers State, where they killed a pregnant teenager named Amah, opened her womb and took away the unborn baby, before escaping, the cultists also killed three others.
The victims according to our source were Pastor Joseph Nheme, Mr. Kingsley Owhonda, Miss Queen Ada Amah and Miss Mini Elizabeth.
A community leader, who preferred anonymity, said that Pastor Nheme, who is from Igodo’s compound, was shot at the riverside while fishing with his son, Godknows Iheme, adding that Godknows narrowly escaped while his father’s corpse was taken away by the invaders.
The source also said Owhonda, from Wokne’s compound, who was fishing at the same time was abducted and taken to a bush, where he was tied to a tree and cut in pieces until he died.
He further revealed that Amah, a pregnant teenager from Kpalikwu-Imoh’s compound in the same Rumuoro, was killed and the killers opened her womb and took away her unborn baby.
The sources also said that Miss Elizabeth from Igodo’s compound in the same village was captured alongside Queen Amah, noting that both of them had gone to the stream to fetch water in same Rumuoro River before the hoodlums struck, killed and buried Elizabeth.
Confirming the incidence the Police Public Relations Officer of Rivers State Police Command, DSP Nnamdi Omoni, added that a fisherman also lost his life in the incident.
Omoni stated that the fisherman, who lost his life, was hit by a stray bullet at the waterfront.
He said that the perpetrators have been identified as cultists from a neighbouring village in Ogbakiri, stressing that the killers invaded Rumuoro village, where they shot sporadically.
He said the Command has launched a manhunt to arrest the perpetrators of the act and prosecute them.