RIVAL cult clash has left about four persons reportedly killed at different locations in a fracas over debt recovery in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State.

It was gathered that the four persons killed within 24hrs are members Aye and Bagger groups.

According to dependable sources, “One of the victims sold hard drug to his rival cult group member without payment and in the cause of recovering his money, disagreement broke out between them.

The source who crave anonymity said, “The man met his debtor that belonged to one of the cult group requesting for his money and in the process, he was beaten up mercilessly.

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“In another day, the guy that was beaten saw his debtor in a lonely area and he immediately hit his head with unidentified objects in retaliation of the previous attack on him.

“Pained by the retaliation, both groups mobilized their members against each other and the brutal killings started within Ughelli metropolis.

“The issues started since last Thursday while the killing began between Saturday and Sunday. Two persons were killed at Okogbe axis of Otovwodo.

“The other two were killed around Iwhreko and Ogor park respectively on Sunday morning and it has been a guerrilla operation between both groups.

Though the Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Edafe Bright could not respond to enquiry at press time, a senior security source from the State Police Command confirmed the incident.

The security source said, “We have only confirmed three and one the group’s leaders has met with the security agents in other to resolve the issues.”