Gunmen attack, kill Police, NSCDC personnel at checkpoint; Abduct Chief in Bayelsa
Unknown gunmen have attacked a joint security team in Yenagoa leading to loss of a policeman and personnel of Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC).
It was gathered that operatives of a Joint Task Force codenamed Operation Doo Akpor, repelled an attack by gunmen at a nipping point at Okarki Junction, Yenagoa.
“On Sept. 5, Operatives of Operation Doo Akpor, at Okarki Junction came under heavy fire by gunmen. The gallant operatives engaged the hoodlums in a shoot-out and repelled them from attacking the nipping point,’’ Police Public Relations Officer, Bayelsa Police Command, SP Asinmi Butwait said.
Butwait regretted that unfortunately a Police Sergeant and an Operative of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, sustained fatal gunshot wounds, which led to their death.
In another development, gunmen suspected to be kidnappers stormed the residence of one Chief Gbalipre Turner, on Sept. 5 at Samphino Road, Yenagoa and abducted him to an unknown destination.
Butswat said that Policemen responded swiftly and pursued the kidnappers to Onuebum waterfront, where they abandoned the vehicle used in the kidnap and whisked the victim away with a speedboat.
He explained that the Commissioner of Police, Bayelsa Command, Echeng Echeng, has ordered a manhunt for the abductors with the goal of apprehending them and rescuing the victim.
The commissioner further appealed to members of the public to volunteer useful information that will assist the police in its investigation.
