There is rising tension in Igbogene community of Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsà State over the beheading of a 30 -year- old man by members of a suspected cult group.
The deceased identified as Ebi (surname unknown) but popularly known as Npotor is an Indigene of Amassoma community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of the State.
He is alleged to be a member of the rival cult group known as Greenlanders.
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Community sources told newsmen that the two rival cult groups, the Bobos and Greenlanders, were engaged in simmering beef in the area.
” The boy was said to have gone to Yenegue, an area controlled by the Bobos. He was taken and tied to and abandoned road and beheaded.”
Security sources confirmed to our correspondent that the corpse of the deceased was found naked, hands tied and the head missing.
Already, Igbogene divisional police officers have been deployed to the area to evacuated the corpse.
Contacted on the development, the spokesman of the state police command, Musa Mohammed, said he is yet to get the details of the incident.
