ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- About six people were feared killed as armed men suspected to be members of rival cult groups allegedly attacked some areas in Awka, the Anambra State capital, on Sunday.
The attacks took place in Okpuno area, around Eke Awka and Obinagu.
It was gathered that a similar incident reportedly happened at Opposite Dike Park, around Eke Awka Market, all in Awka, the state capital.
Although the actual casualty figure could not be immediately ascertained, however, sources in the areas revealed that the victims were on their way for a picnic and other social functions when the rampaging armed men stormed the area in their numbers and started shooting.
The reason for the shooting has yet to be officially obtained, but sources in the area also stated that the rampaging armed men might have engaged one another in a supremacy battle.
A resident in one of the areas said, “The victims were on their way to different functions when they were killed by the bullets from the armed men who stormed the area at about noon on Sunday.
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“The incident also escalated to other areas, where some more persons were also gunned down by the armed men suspected to be cultists.”
It was further gathered that one of the persons hit by bullets was a staff of the Anambra State Judiciary simply identified as Nwofor, who was said to be on his way to a function before the armed men struck.
This was corroborated by a video currently trending on social media, showing bodies of persons gunned down in the Eke Awka environs.
While one of the victims was seen still struggling in pain in the pool of his blood beside his motorcycle where he fell, passersby were seen scampering to safety.
Meanwhile, the police had recently arrested some cult members in the wake of cult-related killings in Awka, but the activities persist.
However, when contacted, the state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Ikenga Tochukwu, could not confirm the incident as he said there was no such report before him.