The Police in Akwa Ibom State say two rival cult groups on Wednesday, March 20, 2019 engaged themselves in a violent gunfight in Uyo, the state capital.

The Police in Akwa Ibom State say two rival cult groups on Wednesday, March 20, 2019 engaged themselves in a violent gunfight in Uyo, the state capital.

Spokesperson of the state police command, Macdon Odiko, told newsmen that the clash took place around Urua Ekpa, Uyo.

MacDon, who said the State Commissioner of Police, Bashir Makama promptly deployed policemen to the area, following a distress call, stated that no life was lost in the clash.

He further disclosed that two persons have been arrested in relation to the incident and normalcy restored in the area.

“The Command will not tolerate any act from any quarters that will truncate the peaceful disposition of the State,” the police said.

Urua Ekpa, which is close to the town campus of the University of Uyo, Uyo, has a high student population who are residents of the area.

The police in 2017 had released the names of 21 cult groups operating in Akwa Ibom State.

The government of Akwa Ibom in 2018 followed it up, by proscribing cult groups in the state.