Dusk-to-dawn curfew imposed on Benue community as cult war rages

While justifying his action before announcing the imposition of the curfew  the chairman of the LGA, Henry Agba, said he was left with no other option but to impose the curfew to thwart further escalation of the bloody war.
There was a clash between rival cultists in the local government during which two persons from both sides were killed.
Confirming the cult clash, an eyewitness who wouldn’t want his name mentioned said the crisis, which started as a minor disagreement between two young men, escalated into a full-blown cult war.
In the last three days, the situation became tense, gang members engaged in bloody street fights, killing two persons and injuring several others.”
They also resorted to moving from house to house in search of members of rival gangs to attack them, despite the intervention of the police in Naka town.
Two rival cult groups, Black Axe and Red, have been engaging themselves in an all-out war for the past four days.