By: Odieh Ramon, Yenagoa.

There is rising tension in the Igbogene community of Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsà State over the beheading of a 30-year-old man by a suspected cult group.

The deceased, identified as Ebi (surname unknown) but popularly known as Npotor (Noise), is an Indigene of the Amassoma community in the Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of the State.

He is alleged to be a member of the rival cult group known as Greenlanders.

Community sources told newsmen that the two rival cult groups, the Bobos and Greenlanders, were engaged in simmering beef in the area.

” The boy was said to have gone to Yenegue, an area controlled by the Bobos. He was taken, tied to an abandoned road, and beheaded.”

Security sources confirmed to our correspondent that the corpse of the deceased was found naked, hands tied, and the head missing.

Already, the Igbogene Divisional Police Officer has been deployed to the area to evacuate the corpse.

Contacted on the development, the spokesman of the State Police Command, Musa Mohammed, said he has yet to get the details of such an incident at his disposal