On Tuesday, gunmen at Rumuche community, in the Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State, shot dead a man, identified simply Akor in his father’s compound.


It was learnt that the assailants dragged their victim out of bed and shot him in presence of his mother, a neighbour said. She added that the killing was cult related and the killers suspected to be cultists.

The source said, “Trouble started when a political party bought a cow for Rumuche community. Akor failed to share the cow with other youths in the area. Some aggrieved cultists killed Akor for failing to produce the cow, which was alleged to be in his possession.”

The Rivers State Police Command spokesperson said he had not been fully briefed on the incident.