Unidentified gunmen invaded Otobie and Ererekri communities
in Bonny Island of Rivers State, on Wednesday morning, and shot
dead four persons, leaving another in a critical condition.
The invasion which started at about 2 am and
lasted till 5 am, led to big pandemonium as residents of the community
scampered to safety.
Among those shot dead was Elder Macaulay Pepple, the
76-year-old father of Larry Pepple, the Director-General Rivers State
Sustainable Development Agency, RSSDA.
Pepple, who was former Chief Security Officer to Dr Peter
Odili, ex-governor of Rivers State, confirmed the killing of his father to
journalists in Port Harcourt, adding that his remains has been deposited at the
mortuary.
Names of the three other victims are:
Kobiri Godspower, 25
Emilia God'spower, 15
Adolphus Hitler Pepple, 73
The Chairman of Caretaker Committee of Bonny Local
Government, Simeon Hart, who also confirmed the incident appealed to residents
of the affected communities to be calm as security operatives have been
deployed to the area to fish out the perpetrators of the dastardly act.
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