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Gunmen suspected to be cultists, on Saturday, shot dead a printer identified as George Sopruchi at Abakiliki Street in the Mile 1 axis of Diobu in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.
It was gathered that the gunmen trailed their target to Abakiliki close at about 8:30 pm and shot him dead while he was discussing with someone.
This came about 72 hours after a suspected cultist shot a man dead along the Nanka/Lumuber axis of Diobu.
According to an eyewitness, the gunmen stole his motorcycle and one of his mobile phones.
The eyewitness who spoke on condition of anonymity said, “It was just like what happened three days ago when some cult boys trailed a man to Nanka/Lumumba who went to buy noodles and shot him dead.

“What is happening in Diobu is becoming scary. Let the police be up and doing so that people can sleep with their two eyes closed here.”

Recall that the spokesperson for the State Police Command, Grace Iringe-Koko, who confirmed last Thursday’s killing at Nanka/Lumuber Street, had said investigation was ongoing to apprehend the fleeing culprits.
Efforts to reach the state police image maker on the latest incident proved abortive, as she did not answer calls put across to her mobile by our reporter.

She had yet to reply to a test message sent to her mobile as of the time of filing this report on Sunday afternoon.