Two key members of the notorious killer gang terrorising Ukanafun and Etim Ekpo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State were on Tuesday killed by the troops of 2 Brigade Nigerian Army.
The feat was achieved a day after their leader, Akaninyene Uko alias Isoakpaefid, was killed.
The two members of the gang killed on Tuesday are Aniebet Udoh who is said to be the second in command to Isoakpaefid and Thankgod Friday who is the spiritualist to the kingpin.
Some other members of the gang escaped with gunshot wounds.
The details of the feat by the Army was made known in a statement by the Assistant Director, Public Relations of the 2 Brigade Nigerian Army, Uyo, Major Umar Shuaib.
He said the two members of the gang were killed following a tip-off.
He said the troops invaded the hideout of the remaining gang members at Ikpe Village in Etim Ekpo Local government area on Tuesday and engaged the hoodlums.
The time of the encounter, he said, was 1:30 a.m.
The spokesman said items recovered by the troops included one pump action gun, two locally made short guns, 13 live cartridges, eight expended cartridges, 2 dane guns and two cutlasses.
He said the corpses of the two persons had been deposited at the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital mortuary.
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It would be recalled that the culprits had been terrorising the people of Ukanafun Local government area of Akwa Ibom State, killing and maiming.
The cult members were responsible for the killing of two Nigerian Police personnel and a truck driver at Ukanafun local government area on November 17 last year.
They also masterminded the killing of a commissioner’s sister and two others in Ikot Oko Osun community in Ukunafun local government area on November 19, 2017.
In the statement by the spokesman, the Commander, 2 Brigade Nigerian Army, Brigadier General Abdu Ibrahim Hassan, was quoted to have assured law abiding citizens in the area that the Brigade would do everything within its powers to protect their lives and properties.
He pleaded for useful information to help curb crime in their areas.
