29 Arrested,1 killed in Nasarawa cult clashes

No fewer than 29 people have been arrested over the killing of a man at Masaka in the Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. The dead man, whose name was given simply as Ibrahim, was said to have met his fate on June 15 during a cult clash.
The spokesman of the Nasarawa State Police Command, ASP. Samaila Usman, confirmed the development in an interview on Sunday in Lafia.

Usman explained that two young men were earlier brought to the Masaka Police Station at about 11:30 p.m. on June 13 with various degrees of injuries.

He said that investigations revealed that the injuries were sustained during a cult clash at Angwan Jaba community in Masaka.

Usman said that on June 15, the command received information that rival cults had mobilised again for reprisal attack at Angwan Tiv village in Masaka during which Ibrahim was killed.