Some gunmen at the wee hours of
Monday stormed Agudama- Ekpetiama community police station in Yenagoa Local
Government area, firing and killing four police personnel.
Though the identity of the
seven-month-old pregnant policewoman and the two sergeant who were on duty are
yet to be identified, the name of the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) who was
said to have been killed in his sleep, was given as S.P Ola Rosanla.
It was learnt that few weeks
ago, four suspected kidnappers were arrested, detained and tortured severely in
the station before they were transferred to the command headquarters prior to
their release from custody. This may not be unconnected with the incident.
A community source, who spoke on
the condition of anonymity, said one police was shot in the leg, while another
escaped through the window and raised alarm that alerted the command
headquarters, adding that no civilian was killed in the attack as there were no
detainee in the station at the time the gunmen carried out their operation.
Our source disclosed that the
attack was carried out at about 2:15 am of Monday, and lasted for about an
hour, while the gunmen escape through the Sabagreia river afterwards.
“At dawn, we heard one policeman
escaped, while another who was shot on the leg survived the attack,” he said.
The community source further
disclosed that all the rifles in arsenal of the police station and uniforms
belonging to the deceased officers were taken away by the gunmen.
Another resident, who spoke said the community was still in shock over such an anomaly, “police
were killed while they were sleeping on duty and in their duty post”. He added
that “some persons are let loose in the name of politics, tell me such criminal
acts happened and an Ekpetiama man won’t be involved. Our problem is
management, our communities, clan and even government have failed to manage
most of the problems we have.
“A government will engage or
appoint someone with terrible records in the name of politics to serve and
later remove the person is removed, where do you think the person will go back
to? Even if its a business man he will go back to his business. We are managing
crisis and pretending we dont know the security situation in the state is very
porous.
“Agudama Ekpetiama is an interior
community so whatever had happened there has an insider in this matter,” the
community source said.
The Bayelsa State Police Public
Relations Officer, PPRO Asinim Buswat, confirmed the report, saying, “the gunmen killed the DPO and other policemen”.
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