Three Arrested As School Principal Beheaded In Cult Clash

The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has confirmed the death of a school principal simply identified as Ekpe and one other in a clash between rival cult groups .

It was gathered that the school principal of a high school in Oron Local Government Area of the State was gruesomely beheaded in the clash.

It was further gathered that Paul Eyo, suspected to be a member of one of cult groups involved lost his live in the cult clash.

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Findings revealed that the principal was alleged member of a rival cult.

Speaking on the incident during a press conference held on Friday, at the police headquarters in Ikot Akpan-Abia, Uyo, the State Commissioner of Police, Joseph Eribo, noted that three suspects had been arrested in connection with the killings.

He said, “On 16/10/2024, at about 6:35 am, operatives of the command were alerted of the presence of a corpse with marks of violence on it by the youth leader.

“He alleged that the dead body is Paul Eyo, male, suspected member of Black Axe from Eyo Abasi, who was given machete cuts on his head leading to his death while one Ekpe, male, from Eyo-Abasi, a suspected member of Vikings cult group was also beheaded.

“At about 12:15 pm, based on credible intelligence received in Abiak Owo Ebughu in Mbo LGA, where it was believed the gangsters that killed Paul Eyo earlier that morning came from, Mfon Etim Uzoma, Robert Effiong Etim, and Malachi Williams Ubokulo, were all arrested at a ravine in the village.”