{"id":92241,"date":"2022-02-26T21:36:21","date_gmt":"2022-02-26T20:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=92241"},"modified":"2022-02-26T21:36:21","modified_gmt":"2022-02-26T20:36:21","slug":"suspected-cultists-invade-funeral-in-anambra-kill-20-persons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/uncategorized\/suspected-cultists-invade-funeral-in-anambra-kill-20-persons\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspected cultists invade funeral in Anambra, kill 20 persons"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1725852194044215934\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\">Armed men suspected to be members of a secret cult on Saturday invaded a burial ceremony in Ebenebe, Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra State, killing 20 persons in the process.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nIt was gathered that the funeral was the burial of a suspected leader of a cult named Ozo.<\/p>\n<p>The Gunmen came while the corpse of Ozo was lying in state in his compound.<\/p>\n<p>The Anambra State Police command confirmed the incident, saying that it was a case of cult rivalry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, this morning (Saturday), there was an incident at Ebenebe. A burial was going on, when some people suspected to be cultists invaded the area and started shooting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do not have details of casualties now, but I will keep you informed once the picture becomes clear.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor now, the Commissioner of Police, CP Echeng Echeng has despatched tactical squads comprising of various units to the area to maintain calm,\u201d DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, who spoke said<\/p>\n<p>However, an eyewitness said that the suspected cultists arrived the scene and sacked mourners, shooting indiscriminately at them.<\/p>\n<p>A source also said that his sister would have been a victim as she was billed to attend the funeral.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy sister was supposed to be at the burial. She and her friends had already prepared to leave Awka for Ebenebe, but the vehicle they booked to take them disappointed them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe and her friends were so unhappy, and they decided to go in search of another vehicle that can take them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was in the course of going to the burial that they received a phone call that everybody at the burial had been dispersed by some gunmen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe also got a video from the scene, which showed several persons lying in pools of blood dead, while the corpse was desecrated, with the coffin lying far apart, while the corpse was sprawled on the ground,\u201d the source explained.<\/p>\n<p>One of the people that watched the video clip said members of the community were wailing, while corpses littered the compound.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Armed men suspected to be members of a secret cult on Saturday invaded a burial ceremony in Ebenebe, Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra State, killing 20 persons in&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":79042,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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