There was outrage in Bayelsa State, at the weekend, following the killing of two unidentified persons and a five-year-old girl by members of a police squad who responded to a distress call.
It was gathered that a police team from the Special Anti-Robbery Squad responded to a call by some residents in Ekeki, in Yenagoa over the activities of a gang of cultists in the area.
The squad reportedly raided the area at about 4pm on Saturday and allegedly started pursuing and shooting the cultists.
In the process, they were said to have killed three innocent people including a kid while another person was shot in the ribs.
But the police, however, failed to arrest any of the suspected cultists.
It was gathered that the incident, which led to exchange of repeated loud gunshots, threw the residents of Ekeki and adjourning streets into confusion and panic.
A resident, who spoke in confidence, identified persons killed as a 30-year-old Igbo man popularly known as Inyan and a five-year-old girl known as Godsgift Odoku.
He said they were shot dead during the pursuit of members of a notorious cult group known as Islanders.
He said: “The cult boys came into Ekeki community at about 2pm to bury one of their gang members. They were in deadly mood and went to Yenezue-Epie with the mood. But the SARS team chased them away.
“But they later re-grouped at Ekeki community and saw two girls entering the area to visit their boyfriends and they collected their mobile phones. While the girls ran away, their boyfriends called the police.
“One of the girls later came back with some men of SARS and while pursuing the cultists to the waterside, they released gun shots and it missed their target and killed the two innocent people.”
He said the SARS team immediately left the scene after confirming that they killed some innocent persons.
Source: Nation
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