A notorious cult group leader, Bright Ejike, popularly known as ‘Borokiri, has been confirmed dead during a gun duel with operatives of the Rivers State Police Command.
It was gathered that members of the Icelander cult group invaded the Abarikpo community in the Ahoada East Local Government Area of the state in the early hours of Thursday to attack Borokiri, who had allegedly converted the group arms and ammunition to personnel use.
The attack led to the death of three members of the group.
According to a source who preferred to remain anonymous, cult members loyal to the late gang leader engaged the in a gun battle which claimed three lives.
The Source also said that residents of the are were trapped in their houses to avoid being hit by stray bullets until daybreak.
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The source stated, “The cult boys have been having some disagreement among themselves. They shot themselves when one of the groups discovered the hiding place of their leader who collected all their arms. The unit leader killed two of the boys. Borokiri was hiding between Ogbo and Abarikpo in Ahoada East. Some persons in police uniform intercepted him. So he opened fire on them and they shot him dead.”
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Grace Iringe-Koko confirmed the incident.
She stated that for the timely intervention of the Police the shootings would have escalated.
She said acting on credible information, the police trailed Borokiri to his hideout and on sighting them, he opened fire on them and was killed by the police who repelled him immediately.
She stated that normalcy had returned to the area, adding that cops had been stationed at the place.
Iringe- Koko stated, “I can confirm that three persons were killed. One of them is the unit leader of the cult group. But as we speak, there is calm in the community now because our men are patrolling the area. Investigation is ongoing to ascertain the cause of the incident and apprehend the suspects.”