Pandemonium as cult clash leaves one dead in Nekede. (Warning! Graphic Images)

There was pandemonium in Nekede, Imo state, on Friday the 12th of January as one ex-student of the Federal Polytechnic Nekede was shot dead by members of a rival cult group. The victim who was simply identified as Mr. Justice was shot on the head at a popular bar named 50-50 along Poly road at about 5pm as tension between the black axe and vikings confraternities escalated. A source, said that Mr. Justice who hails from Abia State was a member of one of the cult groups while he was still a student of the institution. The source added that supremacy battle between rival groups have left at least 3 persons dead in January. The source privy to the incident said that the Police Command in Owerri, had on Wednesday, arrested one of the suspects to the murder. She said that the suspect was picked up by the command at about 6am on Wednesday at a popular hostel close to the school. The public relations officer of the institution declined a request for comments on the matter

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