Cultists Invades Delta Police Station To Free Robbery Suspects, Two Dead

Cultists Invades Delta Police Station To Free Robbery Suspects, Two Dead

Suspected cultists invaded Jesse Police Station in Jesse, Ethiope West Local Government Area of Delta State, very early in the morning on Wednesday to free their colleagues who are robbery suspects. Two from the group of the cultist were shot dead during the attack.

According to Onome Onowhakpoyeya,  the Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, , who verified the attack, told Vanguard that “two persons were shot dead after they attacked the Jesse Police Station cell this early morning and attempted to free some robbery suspects, in fact they had actually broken the key of the cell when Policemen on duty, re-enforced and went after them and two of them were shot dead in the process” she said.

Meanwhile, an anonymous source revealed to Vanguard that the police were not saying the exact story. He said “the truth is that one of those Yahoo boys had an issue with another one involving money and one chased the other into the police station with a machete, and right there he butchered him to death and the murderer was running away when the police shot him”.

According to the anonymous source,  residents of the community were angered by the brutal way the guy was shot so they mobilized themselves with an intention to set the station on fire, and in the process, a woman was hit by stray bullet “and she is now receiving treatment in an undisclosed clinic in town”.

Residents of the community complained that earlier this month cultists have been battling with each other openly and the police failed to intervene in this ugly situation. The bodies have been taken to an undisclosed mortuary within the community.