GUNMEN STORM BAR, KILL TWO IN RIVERS

A group of yet-to-be identified gunmen has shot and killed two men in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.
Two other persons were also injured by the rampaging gunmen, who stormed a bar located along Aggrey Road and opened fire on those sitting outside.
The incident, which occurred at about 10pm on Monday caused pandemonium around the busy area popularly known as ‘Town’, even as passerby and motorists took shortcuts to avoid the scene of the incident.
Though the motive of the gunmen who were suspected to be cult members was not known, one of the residents of the area expressed fear that the darks days of violent crime may have come back to the state.
“The way these people (unknown gunmen) operate now is making everybody to be afraid. They drove in and started shooting. At the end, we heard that two persons were killed while another two were seriously injured.
“From what happened that night, it is like the dark days of cult clashes are here again,” a resident of Aggrey Road in Port Harcourt told The PUNCH.
It was learnt the attack on the bar took place few hours after a cleric was killed during a clash between two communities in Gokana Local Government Area.
It was gathered that one of the two persons killed at the bar died in a nearby hospital as a result of the gunshot injuries sustained during the incident.
A source said the attack on the bar was not unconnected with the rivalry between Icelanders and Greenlanders cult groups.
However, the State Assistant Police Public Relations Officer, Mrs. Grace Iringe-Koko, did not confirm the attack on the bar along Aggrey Road. She said she has not been briefed on the incident.