Martins Honest Garando, a 30-year-old man, was murdered by suspected cultists in Sagbama town, Sagbama Local Government Area, Bayelsa State.
After a violent conflict between opposing cult gangs competing for power and control of the town on Wednesday, March 9, the deceased was murdered.
Last year in July, the deceased, Mr. Honest married one Mrs. Belepeigha Gloria Oyins. The bride, who was pregnant at the time of the marriage, recently gave birth to a newborn baby, though it is unclear if they had any other children before the wedding.
According to the Nigerian Tribune, the killer cult group broke into the deceased’s home at around 1.30 a.m., pulled him out, chopped off his head, and took it away with them.
The perpetrators hung the decapitated head on an electric pole for the community’s indigenes to see.
According to a trustworthy source, members of the Icelanders, Greenlanders, and Bobos cult organizations are suspected of being involved in the insurrection.
The source also said, “Officials initially offered to help but when the number of able-bodied citizens at the centre increased, they left us unattended to.”
The man was also said to have been pulled away from his wife and his child before being beheaded.
SP Asinim Butswat, a spokesman for the State Police Command, confirmed the occurrence and said police officers had already taken the body to St. Luke Mortuary in Sagbama while a probe was underway.
