Cult members ambush, kill 46 Nigerian policemen

Armed members of Ombatse cult have killed 46 police officers near the town of Lafia, the police of the Nigerian state of Nasarawa has announced.

Izvor: Tanjug

Thursday, 09.05.2013.

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NIGERIA Armed members of Ombatse cult have killed 46 police officers near the town of Lafia, the police of the Nigerian state of Nasarawa has announced. “A detachment of 60 police came under attack from members of Ombatse cult in an ambush,” Nasarawa state police chief Abayomi Akeremale said. Cult members ambush, kill 46 Nigerian policemen The police were dispatched to a village to arrest some leaders and priests of the cult, after receiving reports that they went to churches and mosques forcefully converting people to their cult. Nassarawa falls on the dividing line between Nigeria’s mostly Christian south and predominantly Muslim north. One of the state’s major ethnic groups, the Eggon, is divided between the two faiths, but also has a history of links to pagan movements, AFP reported. Ombatse, which means “time has come” in Eggon, has described itself as a movement committed to purging society of certain vices, including alcohol and adultery. Reuters quoted a security source as saying that the Nassarawa based cult group was without direct links to Islamists emerged this year and was becoming increasingly better armed. Tanjug AFP, REUTERS

Cult members ambush, kill 46 Nigerian policemen

The police were dispatched to a village to arrest some leaders and priests of the cult, after receiving reports that they went to churches and mosques forcefully converting people to their cult.

Nassarawa falls on the dividing line between Nigeria’s mostly Christian south and predominantly Muslim north.

One of the state’s major ethnic groups, the Eggon, is divided between the two faiths, but also has a history of links to pagan movements, AFP reported.

Ombatse, which means “time has come” in Eggon, has described itself as a movement committed to purging society of certain vices, including alcohol and adultery.

Reuters quoted a security source as saying that the Nassarawa based cult group was without direct links to Islamists emerged this year and was becoming increasingly better armed.

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