Ochei MatthewTension has continued to mount in Asaba, the Delta State capital, following the murder of a bread seller by some gunmen suspected to be cultists. SUNDAY PUNCH gathered that the deceased, Aboy Sidi, was killed on Thursday around 6.38pm in his shop on the popular Ibusa Junction by Nnebisi Road and was left in a pool of blood. It was also gathered that the cult rivalry between the Black Axe and 2-2 Confraternity, which started last Sunday, had claimed the lives of four other persons. Two persons were reported to have been killed in Bonssac and another two killed in Umuagwu. One of the residents of Asaba, who spoke to our correspondent on condition of anonymity, said, “In a week, five persons have been killed.

Source: Punch February 10, 2019 00:33 UTC