An argument between senior secondary school students on Monday in Tai Local Government Area of Rivers State degenerated into a cult clash, leading to the death of one person.
The incident occurred in Ban Ogoi where one ThankGod Loolo, a SS1 student was killed.
Lenu Barika, the youth leader of the community said the clash was a fallout of a heated argument over which local government area between Tai and Gokana loved education more. The two LGAs are neighbours.
According to the youth leader: “The clash broke out between residents of Gbaken, Eemu and Nwenwikowa who are indigenes of Gokana but resides in Ban-Ogoi(in Tai Rivers).
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“The Gokanas started the fight over a small communal misunderstanding which the Ban-Ogoi community never envisaged would turn into bloodshed.
“The youths had some quarrel over supremacy of the local governments, and which one has more educated people.
”It later resulted in a cult clash between both parties. The Gokanas laid siege on their host community, engaging the harmless youths in a ceaseless sophisticated gun battle, killing and capturing harmless youths of Ban-Ogoi.”
A community source said more than 20 other persons sustained several degrees of injuries during the face-off.
