Residents of Aluu and
Omagwa communities in Ikwere Local Government area of Rivers State are fleeing
their homes after about twenty three persons were killed in attacks by
suspected cultists over the weekend.
A brother of one of the
victims of the attack in Omuihuechi Aluu, Mr. Benson Clement told Treasure FM that his nineteen year old
cousin, Justice Amos was shot dead along with two of his friends while they
were watching a match at a viewing centre.
Mr. Clement decried the
slow response of security personnel to the attacks that resulted in the death
of five of his close friends and relatives.
He lamented the failure
of security agencies to provide adequate security for the affected communities
after the Friday’s attack and threat by the perpetrators to attack the
remaining communities in Aluu clan.
The reason for the
attacks is not yet known but reports say that six communities in Aluu have
already been attacked by the hoodlums and residents of the entire area live in
fear for their lives.
The Rivers State
Police is yet to comment on the attack.
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