At least five people were killed in a clash between two cult groups in Ahoada Area of Rivers State.
The clash appears to be a battle for supremacy between the groups known as Icelanders and Greenlanders, Rivers State Police Command spokesperson Grace Iringe-Koko said in a statement Sunday.
She said the incident happened at 7:30 am while identifying two of the deceased as 36-year-old Chukwujeku Kingsley and a 23-year-old Chibuike ThankGod.
The other three are yet to be identified, the statement added. While an investigation into the incident is ongoing, tactical patrol teams have been deployed to the area to restore normalcy.
The rival cult groups clashed near an Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in Ahoada Town, headquarters of Ahoada-East Local Government Area of Rivers State.
Ahoada is one of the four LGAs hit by the current flooding in the state.