A speed boat driver simply identified as Suku has been Shot dead by unknown gunmen on the Yenagoa-Akassa waterway in Bayelsa.

This unfortunate incident took place within 24 hours after the killing of a boat operator on the Sangana- Igbemotoru waterway on Dec. 13.

Witnesses told NAN in Yenagoa that the latest killing took place at Okobotuo, near Akassa in the Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa earlier on Thursday.

The victim of the attack was identified as the former chairman of the Akassa Unit of the Nigerian Maritime Workers Union.

Confirming the development, the Chairman of the Bayelsa State Chapter of the Nigerian Maritime Workers Union, Mr Lloyd Sese, said the deadly attacks were crippling economic activities in coastal communities in the state.

However, the Bayelsa State Police Command says it has put in place measures that will deal with the recent series of assassinations and killings in the state.


Cc: Mynd44, Seun, Obinoscopy, Lalasticlala


Via: TeeGist Blog

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