Gunmen Attacks Bayelsa Community Stole 10 Speedboat and Kills Two People

Gunmen Attacks Bayelsa Community Stole 10 Speedboat and Kills Two People

Gunmen suspected to be pirates, on Monday, invaded Anyama
community in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, killing
two persons, injuring three others and stealing 10 speedboats. The
invasion took place on the same day when the Chief of Army Staff,
General Tukur Buratai, visited the state and said the Niger Delta is now
safe.
Local sources told SaharaReporters that the suspected pirates arrived
the community at about 9 pm and shot indiscriminately, causing huge
panic.
Munalayefa Edwin Gibson, an indigene of the community and
lawmaker in the state, said the gunmen fired shots for over 30
minutes. He added that they went away with more than 10 speedboats
from the waterfront. After raiding Ayama, said local sources, the
pirates stormed Ogbia Town around12: 30 pm on Tuesday.
They were said to have kidnapped one Mrs. Augusta Apaga and stole
four 75-horsepower engine boats.




Mr. Gibson said the local council is in grief, especially in Anyama,
where two persons were killed and three others critically injured.
He described the two incidents as senseless barbaric. The
lawmaker lamented rising cases of sea piracy and kidnapping in
coastal communities in the Ogbia area.
“The way and manner the merchants of evil operate is suggestive of
the fact that there are collaborators in the communities acting as
informants and sponsors and benefitting from the blood money.
“I sympathize with the affected communities, especially the victims
and advise communities to be more vigilant and work even harder
towards supplying security agencies with relevant information which is
critical to tracking the suspects, ” he said
Mr. Gibson also called on security agencies to double their efforts in
locating and arresting persons behind the invasions.
Mr. Asinim Butswat, a spokesman of the Bayelsa Police Command,
confirmed the development and said an investigation is underway.