The Akwa Ibom Police Command has confirmed that three persons were killed
in a cult clash between Axe and Vikings confraternities in Onna Local
Government Area of the state.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Odiko Mac-Don, disclosed
this in Uyo.
Mac-Don, who said aside from the three persons who were killed, added that
some others sustained varying degrees of injuries in the clash, said nobody had
been arrested.
The police spokesperson said that investigations were ongoing to unravel
the cause of cult clash in the area.
An eyewitness, who spoke with News Agency of Nigeria on the condition of
anonymity, said the incident happened last week in the area.
He listed the affected villages to include Awa, Afaha Ubium, Ikot Obong
Ishiet, Edem Idim, and Ikot Asse as well as other neighbouring villages.
The eyewitness explained that the cultists laid siege to the affected
villages, killing three persons and leaving scores with varying degrees of
injuries.
He said the clash between the two confraternities was a supremacy battle,
occasioned by the disbursement of cash allegedly given to some youths by one of
the state government-owned agencies operating in the community.
The police spokesperson said while the corpses of the victims had been
buried, those who sustained injuries were currently receiving treatment in
hospitals whose identities were not revealed for fear of another attack.
