One Killed as Suspected Cult Clash Rocks Delta Community…

A suspected clash between rival cult groups has left one person dead at Oviri-Olomu in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State, prompting a strong intervention by the traditional ruler.

Key Highlights

• A suspected clash between rival cult groups left one person dead in Oviri-Olomu, Ughelli South LGA of Delta State.
• The victim, Lucky Omole, died in hospital after being shot in the stomach during the attack.
• A secondary school teacher was also reportedly shot in the neck in a related attack.
• The Olomu monarch convened an emergency meeting and warned cultists, drug dealers and other criminals to leave the kingdom.
• The monarch also ordered scrap metal dealers in sensitive areas to relocate over alleged links to criminal activities.

The deceased, identified as Lucky Omole, was reportedly shot at close range in the stomach during the violence at Ovwodokpokpo-Olomu.

It was learnt that the deceased died at the Federal Medical Centre, Ovwian, after battling for his life for two days.

According to sources, Omole relocated from Oviri-Olomu to neighbouring Ovwodokpokpo-Olomu following the unsettled dispute between two rival cult groups Aro Bagger and Black Axe.

The source added that the deceased had been involved in a lingering dispute with members of the rival cult group before he was allegedly tracked to Ovwodokpokpo-Olomu, where he was attacked and shot.

“He was not immediately taken to a hospital because those around him feared medical personnel would insist on a police report before treatment.

“Instead, he was reportedly taken to a traditional healing home where he was turned away, spent the night without proper medical attention, and was later transferred to the Federal Medical Centre, Ovwian, where he eventually died,” community sources recounted.

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His death triggered an unrest in the area and a secondary school teacher, name withheld was also shot in the neck by the same suspected cultists shortly after the attack on the deceased last Friday.

Disturbed by the renewed cult-related violence, the Olomu monarch, Albert Akpomudje, convened an emergency meeting with presidents-general, community leaders, youth leaders and other key stakeholders across the kingdom.

During the meeting, the monarch issued a stern warning to cultists, illicit drug dealers and other criminal elements, declaring that their activities would no longer be tolerated in any community within the kingdom.

He also directed scrap metal dealers operating in sensitive areas to relocate their businesses, noting that intelligence reports linked some scrap yards to the activities of criminal gangs.

Contacted for confirmation, the Delta State Police Command Public Relations Officer, Bright Edafe, did not respond to calls put across to his mobile line, neither did he respond to text messages sent to his mobile lines.