Two of the deceased were reportedly killed at Ama Hausa, Owerri in Imo State capital, following a misunderstanding between a Hausa trader and an indigene of Owerri, while the other were killed in what sources described as a battle for supremacy by rival cult groups in Abonnema, headquarters of Akuku Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State.
According to reports, business activities were hurriedly shut in parts of the capital city, especially along the ever busy Douglas Road, and the adjoining streets, as news of the face-off spread like wild fire.
The timely arrival of a detachment of armed soldiers and policemen saved what would have triggered real inter-tribal conflict in the city.
It was reportd that an alleged Owerri indigene and his team were in the area to collect the usual daily toll from the Hausa traders, before the misunderstanding reared its ugly head.
A man from the North, who claimed to have witnessed the inicident, said the Hausa trader, who got unduly incensed by what he called “incessant harassment” by the toll collectors, took his knife and unleashed an attack on the indigene and his team.
The man said the victim quickly grabbed one of the knives on the Hausa man’s table and stabbed his attacker.
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