A teenager identified as Chidera has been killed during a suspected robbery attack in the Mmiata Anam area of Anambra State.
The incident was said to have occurred on Monday when the victim was allegedly accosted by a group of youths while moving within the community.
An anti-cultism advocacy platform, Naija Confra, disclosed the incident in a post on Thursday, stating that the attackers were said to be from the neighbouring Umuoba community.
According to the platform, the assailants reportedly demanded money from the teenager and attempted to rob him before killing him in the process.
“Earlier today, Naija Confra reported an incident in Mmiata Anam, Anambra State, where a young boy named Chidera was killed. The incident occurred two nights ago when the victim was reportedly stopped by a group of boys from Umuoba, who demanded money and attempted to rob him. During the robbery, he was killed.”
The platform noted that residents of the area gave conflicting accounts of the incident.
“While some residents claimed the incident was cult-related, others we spoke to were certain it had nothing to do with cultism, stating that it was a robbery, although some confirmed the robbers were cultists. Naija Confra later gathered that the killers had been arrested by Mmiata,” the platform stated.
Efforts to reach the state Police Public Relations Officer, Tochukwu Ikenga, for comments proved unsuccessful as calls to his lines were not answered and a text message sent to him had yet to be replied to as of the time of filing this report.
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Meanwhile, PUNCH Metro had reported in December that four persons were killed in a violent attack near the Afor Market Junction in the Nawfia community, Njikoka Local Government Area of the state.
