Three suspected cultists die during clash in Rivers

No fewer than three suspected cultists were killed during a clash with a rival cult group in Rivers State

The clash occurred on Saturday on the East-West Road section of Ahoada East Local Government Area of the state.

According to Vanguard, a source said the suspected cultists were killed during a supremacy battle between Greenland and Iceland cult groups

The source (name withheld), said it took the intervention of Ahoada East Police Division led by the Divisional Police Officer and his team to end the shooting.

The source said the battle-ready policemen that arrived at the scene gave the hoodlums serious chase.

The State Police Public Relations Officer, Grace Iringe-Koko, said the shooting was as a result of rivalry between two cult groups.

Iringe-Koko identified two of the dead cultists as Mr Azhinibudu Biko, aka, Yankee, 35, and Gboka Od