Gunmen,
suspected by police to be members of a cult group, killed a 30-year-old
National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member and stole his cell phone and money
in
Yenagoa, Bayelsa State on Saturday night.
The Public
Relations Officer of the Bayelsa State Police Command, Mr. Asinim Butswat, who
confirmed the incident on Sunday in Yenagoa, said that preliminary
investigation showed that the crime was most likely cult-related.
He added
that an investigation was ongoing, vowing to arrest and apprehend those
responsible for the dastardly act.
According to
the police, the incident occurred on Saturday evening on Melford Okilo Road,
INEC/Kpansia area of Yenagoa metropolis.
The victim,
Samuel Collins, who hailed from Port Harcourt in neighboring Rivers State, was
a graduate of engineering from the University of Benin.
Mr. Collins
was reportedly accosted by the hoodlums at INEC Road junction on his way to the
Nigerian Content Development and Management Board's office on Isaac Boro
Expressway, where he was undergoing training.
According to
eyewitnesses at the scene, the young man was shot in the head at close range
and died minutes later.
The gunmen
abandoned the lifeless body of their victim and fled the scene with his phone,
money and other valuables.
Some of Mr.
Collins’ friends described him as an easy-going and brilliant young man.
They
confirmed that the police have since removed his body and deposited it at the
morgue of the Federal Medical Centre in Yenagoa.
According to
them, arrangements were being made to take his remains to his hometown for
burial.
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