Gunmen on Wednesday night invaded Azikoro village in the Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, killing four persons including a pregnant wife and her husband.
The ramping bandits were said to have also attacked a church and set some buildings ablaze as well as vandalised some vehicles.
A resident and medical doctor, who pleaded anonymity, said: โthe armed boys also came into my compound and destroyed my car.โ
The state Police Command confirmed the incident but claimed that it was perpetrated by suspected cultists in reprisal.
A statement on Thursday by the Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Asinim Butswat, said the command had โlaunched a manhunt for the suspected cultists who murdered four victims and set a house ablaze.โ
Butswat said the Commissioner of Police, Mike Okoli, had visited the scene of the crime.
The statement said, โOn 5th August 2020, at 2300hours, armed suspected cultists stormed the โLion of Judah Churchโ, Azikoro village, Yenagoa Local Government Area, Bayelsa State, shot dead four church members namely; Alfred Marcus โmโ 30 years, Imomotimi surname unknown 25 years Gabriel Ejimofor โmโ 45 years and Uchechukwu Ejimofor โfโ 38 years and set ablaze a nearby building, damaged a vehicle and the church properties.
โOperatives of operation Puff Adder had earlier traced the hideouts of the cultists in the bush, dislodged them and burnt their camp. It is believed that this is a reprisal attack by the suspected cultists.
โMeanwhile two suspects have been arrested and are cooperating with the Police in their investigation.
โThe Commissioner of Police CP Mike Okoli fsi, has visited the scene, reassured members of the Community of adequate police protection and ordered for full Investigation to unravel the motive for this dastardly attack.โ
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