Cultism: I stabbed him to death owing to pressure on me to join Baga cult group.

An artisan and a suspected member of Baga confraternity which is a cult group has been stabbed to death.

The deceased identified as one Iruchukwu Nnebe believed to be about 25 years from Amankpunato in Oji River local Government Area of Enugu state was allegedly stabbed by his co-artisan friend identified as one Izuchukwu Ifeacho also from Amankpunato on 31/5/19.

According to the suspect, the deceased being a member of Baga cult confraternity has been disturbing and pressurizing him to join the cult group but he has always refused and avoided him.

He pointed out that on that fateful day in the night that he had gone to a certain shop at Amankpunato to eat indomie where he was allegedly trailed to by the deceased and his other cult members and told him that today KOROFO will suck blood since he does not want to join them.

He further maintained that following this, the deceased and associate started beating him and that he eventually ran away from them and went and collected their kitchen knife and returned to the scene where he stabbed the deceased and was left in his pool of his blood.

He was later rushed to the hospital for medical attention and was confirmed dead by the doctor on duty.

The dead body of the deceased has been deposited at the general hospital mortuary oji River.

Meanwhile,the state commissioner of police Suleiman Balarabe has directed for a scale investigations into the incident just as the suspect is helping the operatives of the command in their investigations and Subsequently the recovery of the kitchen knife allegedly used to commit the act.

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