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RIVERS: Gunmen kill two persons in Owube community

TWO persons were shot and killed by gunmen believed to be members of a cult on Saturday, along Ubeta Owube Road in Rivers’ Ahoada West Local Government Area.

Local sources reveal that the alleged gunmen ambushed a commuter and the owner of a building materials business as they traveled to the Owube village in Ahoada.

Major Elleh, a local, said to have received trustworthy information that two persons had been shot and killed in Owube, a nearby town that is around one kilometer away from his.

Elleh gave the name of one of the victims as Confidence Chalikobi who he said resides in Port Harcourt.

When reached, SP Grace Iringe Koko, a spokesman for the Rivers State Police Command, promised to follow up regarding the event, but she had not yet done so as of report time.

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