It was indeed a bloody weekend in Aba, the commercial nerve of Abia State as two cult groups “Aye” and “Aro” reportedly continued in their quest to assert authority on another and to dominate the neighbourhood of the economic town, leaving three persons dead in the process.
Information has it that while two persons were reportedly killed at the Omuma axis of popular Ama-Ogbonna on saturday, another unidentified male victim was said to have been found killed at the Immaculate axis off Aba-Owerri road, Aba on Sunday evening.
Investigation has it that Aye and Aro, the two popular cults in Aba and the state in general have been on reprisal attacks on each other in the past few months.
Recall that this paper had reported that a Malaysian returnee was killed at the popular Ngwa road end of Aba South Local Government by an unknown group of gunmen, an incident our reporter traced to a cult-related incident.
Information from a security source who pleaded not to be mentioned has it that the death associated with cult rivalry is unprecedented, especially since the lockdown.
The source who disclosed that a lot of members of the cult groups have been arrested and arraigned before various courts have been remanded in the correctional facility in Aba and Umuahia, the state capital.
The source who confirmed the death of the three said that there hasn’t been official report on the killings, but stated that the police and other security agencies have swung into action to ensure that they nipped cultism in the bud.
The source warned parents to be mindful of the friends that their children keep and the items they brought home, added that some items that children come home with could be property of a rival cult member that was killed.
“What some of them do is to use the phone of another cult member whom they have killed to lure other fellow cult member(s) to a location where they will kill them as well.
“This is why parents and guardians should ask questions when they see things that they didn’t buy for their children in their hands.
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“It is worrisome now, especially at a time when the older ones are now recruiting even primary school pupils into their respective cults.”
