About 26 persons suspected to be cultists have been killed allegedly by men of Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of Rivers State Police Command in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of the state. It was gathered that the incident occurred in a forest around Obesemini community in Egi in that LGA.

Though the name of the cult group could not be ascertained, it was learnt that men of the SARS stormed their camp in the wee hours of Thursday, and gunned them down. A security source who did not want to be mentioned said neighbouring communities around the forest were Akabuka and Oyioga.

A member of a vigilance group, who also confirmed the story said the suspected cultists could be responsible for the killings that had been recorded in recent times in ONELGA. He added that the corpses which were abandoned in the forest, were discovered by some hunters early in the morning.