Eight people have reportedly died early in the morning after Mgbuodohia community in Rumuolumeni, Obio/Akpor local government area of Rivers state was invaded.
The Nation reports that some gunmen stormed the community in the wee hours of Sunday, April 7, killing eight persons and injuring many others.
Confirming the incident, the chairman of the community, Sunny Odum, said the victims were killed in the attack.
Describing the killings and invasion of the community as strange, Odum urged residents to return to their homes.
He also assured that security operatives in the state were already on top of the matter and will track the attackers in no time.
Other sources in the community also said members of the cult group had invaded the community in search of members of their rival cult members.
The members were said to moved from house to house in search of targets (rival cultists) in the area and in the process fished out and killed eight of them.
It was gathered that the incident caused panic in the area, causing residents to desert the place in fear of reprisal attack.
However, in his reaction to the incident, the spokesperson for the Rivers state police command, Nnamdi Omoni, said three persons were killed in the attack.
Omoni said the police have also made some arrests and that the suspects are helping the police in their investigations.
