The Bayelsa State Police Command has arrested two suspected cultists following the killing of a student of the Niger Delta University, Amassoma, during a suspected cult clash in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of the state.
Police said the suspects were apprehended while allegedly mobilising to retaliate over the death of a suspected member of their gang who was killed in the attack.
The deceased, identified as 20-year-old Ebube Jonathan, a 200-level Management Science student of NDU, was reportedly attacked by yet-to-be-identified assailants along Kabaka Street in Amassoma at about 2 p.m. on Tuesday.
According to the police, Jonathan, who was suspected to be a member of the Black Axe confraternity, was hacked with machetes and shot before he was confirmed dead by a medical doctor.
In a statement issued on Thursday, the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Musa Mohammed, said operatives of the Amassoma Division launched a swift operation after the incident, leading to the arrest of two suspects.
