As Police Say No Casualty Recorded
Eric Olusesan/Port Harcourt
There was pandemonium at Elechi beach axis of Mile 1 Diobu, PortHarcourt, on Tuesday as two suspected factions (D12 and BS houses ) of Deygbam cult groups engaged themselves in a shoot out over territorial control due to illegal bunkering activities in the area.
Business and social activities on the area were ground to a halt as residents hurriedly flee their houses and shops to avoid collateral damages.
It was gathered that the clash between D12 and BS houses of Deygbam cult groups which is the third within six months started last week Saturday with two persons said to be feared dead.
Our correspondent who was at the area reports that some Police patrol vans were seen moving into the affected place even as there was sporadic shooting between the hours of 12pm to 3pm on Tuesday.
However, the Spokesperson for the Rivers State Police command SP Grace Iringe-Koko confirmed the clash between the factions of Deygbam cult groups.
She said it was a supremacy battle between suspected D12 and BS Deygbam cult groups.
The Police image maker disclosed that there was no recorded death, while adding that normalcy has returned to the area as two Police patrol van of Divisional Police headqurters Mile 1 Diobu has been deployed to the area on the orders of Commissioner of Police, CP Effiong Okon.