Insecurity Persist In Bayelsa State As Gunmen Kill 8
Barely a month when 12 policemen were killed in Bayelsa State, gunmen which are suspected to be renegade Militants in Niger Delta killed eight persons at the weekend in Bayelsa State.
It was gathered that the gunmen carried out the attack in Lorbia Community of Southern Ijaw Local Council.
Universalreporters.info gathered that five out of the eight killed were ex-militants youths who accepted amnesty under the leadership of Pastor Reuben Wilson, who is popularly known as General Wilson.
It was also gathered that the said attack happened on Saturday night at the Lorbia waterside as it was also learnt that the youths who were killed were tricked into the creek before they meet their death.
Meanwhile sources within the community said that the killers were suspected to be the same killers of the 12 policemen.
Members of families of the victims are insisting that their brothers were set up by some persons in the Lorbia community.
It was learnt that after they were killed, some community people quickly buried two of the victims. Others are still missing.
