Imo cult clash: three persons killed, five injured

Clash between two fraternal cult groups in a sporadic shooting at Elezuo, Umuchima Street in Okigwe Local Government Area of Imo State, claimed three unidentified persons while five others were injured.
It was gathered that the incident took place on the 4th of March 2020 at about 11:30 pm.
The Police spokesman Orlando Ikeokwu said that the Command received a distress call of sporadic shooting around Ele/Umuchima and as a result the Divisional Police officer led a team from the Division, Area Command and SARS annex In Okigwe, to the scene where they met two corpses and five others with various degrees of gunshot injuries.
However, he said that one of the injured five later gave up the ghost making the death toll to three.
He added that the corpses had been deposited in the morgue,while the injured persons are presently receiving treatment.
He also said that the command has made arrests and still following up other leads while investigation is still in progress.