A trigger happy personnel of the
Nigerian Civil Defence and Security Corps yesterday allegedly shot and killed a
100 level student of the State own Niger Delta University, Ammassoma in
Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.
The deceased identified as
Obinna, is a level one student from the faculty of Engineering, Petrochemical
Department in the Niger Delta University.
An eyewitness who was at the
scene of the incident, said at about 10.30pm on Saturday, an NSCDC personnel battling
to free his riffle without pointing it upward accidentally killed the student
identified as Obinna (M), in the Efeke Ama area of the university community.
It was gathered that the
victim’s corpse was rushed to Tantua hospital, by residents of the area, while
the killer security personnel who appeared to be intoxicated by alcohol was
seen been taken into custody by the Divisional Police Officer of Amassoma.
The killer security personnel was
also identified as being on official escort of a chieftain of the All
Progressive Congress (APC) from the area, Chief Abel Ebifemowei.
Chief Abel Ebifemowei, who described the incident as unfortunate
and sad, confirmed the development but denied being at a drinking bar nor using
the Senator Heineken Lokpobiri campaign vehicle at the time of the incident.
Ebifemowei said, ‘It is a lie
that I was at the Usual Bar when the incident happened and I was not with the
official vehicle of Senator Lokpobiri. It is an act of mischief to include
Senator Lokpobiri in the incident. The Civil Defence personnel with me was
trying to free his gun when it went off. The accident was not about me or the
Senator Lokpobiri campaign organisation.’
‘It is unfortunate that he did
not face it up. The affected personnel was not drunk as claimed. it was just an
accidental discharge which every security personnel pray not to happen to him.
I was not at a bar. I was in Amassoma to observe the Local Government election
ahead of the coming governorship poll.”
He also confirmed that the corpse
of the deceased has been taken to Yenagoa by the Police and the killer NSCDC
personnel is now in custody.
“The security escorts have
followed me for over 10 years and we have never experienced such an incident. it
is unfortunate,” he said.
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