Suspected
sea pirates and cultists have killed two persons in the Akassa-Yenagoa
waterways and Ekeki in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital.
The armed
cultists, numbering over 30, had stormed the Ekeki area of Yenagoa at about
7.30 p.m. on Wednesday shooting at residents and robbing them of their cash and
other valuables.
The
marauders caused confusion and pandemonium in the area as persons on the
streets fled to different directions for safety.
A victim,
30-year-old son of an Ekeki village chief, identified as Ifiemie, was
reportedly shot and was rushed to the hospital where he died few hours later.
Also, an
unidentified policeman in mufti, who was said to be coming out from a barbing
saloon in the area, was shot by the hoodlums.
The
policeman, who hails from Ndoni in Rivers State, was reportedly shot while
trying to stop the cultists from collecting his mobile phone and cash.
He was said
to have been rushed to an undisclosed hospital where sources said he was
responding to treatment.
On the sea
pirate attack, a victim, identified as Asuku, a former Chairman of the Maritime
Workers’ Union (MWU), Akassa Unit, was said to have died in the incident.
The victim
was said to have been travelling along the waterways from Akassa to Yenagoa
when their boat came under attack.
Sources said
the sea robbers attacked the boat along Okobotuo at Lagos camp at about 6.30
a.m.
Meanwhile,
the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr. Asinim Butswat, confirmed the
killing and activities of cultists but said he had yet to be briefed on the sea
pirate incident.
“The boy was
killed as a result of a cult clash. Our earlier investigations linked the dead
victim to one of the cult groups.
“The
policeman was coming out of a barbing saloon when the hoodlums were passing.
They dispossessed him of his phone because he was off duty. He tried to resist
them but they shot him. But he is responding to treatment,” he said.
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