According to a Vanguard report, the masked gunmen shot indiscriminately for several hours on Friday night and fled when men of the Joint Task Force, JTF, engaged them in a shootout. They however regrouped on Saturday afternoon and resumed attack at the market.
The newspaper reported further that:
Sources feared the shooting may not be unconnected with plans by some politicians to hijack the collection of Permanent Voter Cards which commenced in the area on Friday.
Among those killed, sources said, was a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who was simply identified as Godspower.
The Chairman of the local government area, Mr Austin Ayamadu, who condemned the incident, appealed to residents to remain calm, assuring that security men had taken charge of the area. Ayamadu said the gunmen went from one street to the other shooting before security men swung into action.
The Chairman, in a statement said: “Unknown gunmen invaded Omoku and started by killing an elder of the APC and some other people were also killed. The figure I cannot immediately say because of the security situation, but it is more than five”.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ahmad Muhammad, was however quoted as saying that it was a clash between rival cult groups and that his men were on top of the situation.
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