There was pandemonium at Elechi beach axis of Mile 1 Diobu, Port Harcourt as two suspected factions (D12 and BS houses ) of Deygbam cult groups engaged themselves in a shootout over territorial control due to illegal bunkering activities in the area.
We gathered the clash between D12 and BS houses of Deygbam cult groups started last week Saturday with two persons said to be feared dead.
Our correspondent who was at the area reports that some Police patrol vans were seen moving into the affected place even as gunshots rend the air .
Some business owners hurriedly locked their shops and fled the area for fear of the unknown as gunshots were heard periodically .
Spokesperson Rivers State Police command SP Grace Iringe-Koko who confirmed the clash between the factions of Deygbam cult groups,said it was a supremacy battle .
The Police image maker disclosed that there was no death ,adding that normalcy has returned to the area as two Police patrol van has been deployed to the area on the orders of Commissioner of Police, Effiong Okon.
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