Two killed in Awka cult clash

<p>Both were immediately rushed to a nearby hospital, where Adebowale was confirmed dead on arrival.</p>, <p>Meanwhile, those arrested with dangerous weapons would be charged to court accordingly.</p>, <p>The State Commissioner of Police, CP Olatoye Durosinmi, disclosed this on Friday, during the second quarter press briefing of the command held at Ikot Akpan Abia, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State capital.</p>, <p>Two persons suspected to be cultists were allegedly gunned down on Friday in Awka, the Anambra State capital, during a clash between rival cult groups.</p>, <p>The acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations 4 Special Forces Command, Doma, Major Adekunle said the suspects made several attempts to bribe the soldiers with the sum of five million naira to avoid being arrested, saying that the troops of the command declined and carried out their duties diligently by refusing to take bribe as a trained special forces soldiers.</p>, <p>A few minutes after the unsuspecting mum relieved herself by giving her little daughter to a woman who offered to help, she vanished with the child into the tumultuous mob.</p>, <p>The suspects were arrested in connection with the vandalism of a large number of tracks, loaded in two 12-tyre trucks, adding that during the investigation, prominent citizens within Lafia and Jos, Plateau State, were mentioned as members of the syndicate.</p>, <p>Akwa Ibom State Police Command said it has arrested 269 suspects in the state over murder, kidnapping, armed robbery, cultism, rape and theft in the second quarter of 2023.</p>, <p>DAILY POST gathered that the baby girl was taken away by a woman who had only offered to assist the young mother in carrying her distressed child as she marketed her goods.</p>, <p>The tricycle operator was last week reported to have been killed on the order of the AVG commander, and his tricycle was confiscated and sold off to a buyer, from where it was later tracked and recovered.</p>, <p>He added that following the outcome of the investigation, the troops conducted furt