Not less than 20 persons are reported killed and many more injured after armed men suspected to be members of a secret cult on Saturday invaded a burial ceremony in Ebenebe, Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra State.
According to Daily Post, it was the burial of a suspected leader of a cult named Ozo.
The report said while the corpse of Ozo was lying in state in his compound, some suspected cultists arrived the scene and sacked mourners, shooting directly at them.
“My sister was supposed to be at the burial. She and her friends had already prepared to leave Awka for Ebenebe, but the vehicle they booked to take them disappointed them, a source said.
“She and her friends were so unhappy, and they decided to go in search of another vehicle that can take them. It was in the course of going to the burial that they received a phone call that everybody at the burial had been dispersed by some gunmen.
“She also got a video from the scene, which showed several persons lying in pools of blood dead, while the corpse was desecrated, with the coffin lying far apart, while the corpse was sprawled on the ground,” the source who spoke on conditions of anornimity added.
