The police in Bayelsa State have secured the
release of one Corporal Lucky Ebebi who
reportedly survived last Friday violent attack on
the boat conveying some policemen to
Azuzuama in Southern Ijaw council area in which twelve lives were lost. Corporal Ebebi, aged 31, an indigene of Esama
in Delta State, who was believed to have been
killed in the ambush attack by the gunmen
which claimed the lives of 12 policemen was
discovered alive Wednesday night and rescued
by the police after an alleged payment of N1m ransom. Though the alleged ransom payment could not
substantiated, he was freed from cops killers
den alongside with one Indonesian in the
swamp of Ukubie. Another expatriate identified as a Greek
national was said to have died in the ex-
militant den. Ebebi was admitted at the Emergency Ward of
the Federal Medical Centre where he was
treated for minor gunshot injury and
discharged Thursday morning. He was said to have reported at the state police
headquarters, Yenagoa for debriefing. A doctor at the only federal referral institution
in the state who spoke anonymously said
“Ebebi was treated for minor bruises and
discharged.” Another FMC staff confirmed the
development saying the police corporal was
brought in Wednesday night. According to a source, the gunmen kidnapped
Ebebi after killing others and took him to a
militant camp in the creek. He said, “the process of negotiating for the
release of the police corporal revealed the
existence of over seven armed militant camps
along Lobia, Azuzuama and other communities
in the Southern Ijaw council area of the state. “The police went for their own Lucky Ebebi but
they discovered two other expatriates in the
den of the kidnappers who were supposed to
be beneficiaries of the ongoing Amnesty deal
by the Federal Government.” He added that the expatriates were suspected
to be a Greek and an Indonesian but could not
ascertained the one that died in the kidnappers
den. Contacted the Police Public Relations Officer

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