Four persons are feared dead in an attack at the country home of former presidential adviser on Niger Delta affairs, Timi Alaibe, in Opokuma, Bayelsa, on Friday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that unknown gunmen attacked the former NDDC managing director's home while he was addressing some of his followers shortly after he returned from Abuja.
A source close to Mr Alaibe said the gunmen shot indiscriminately, killing four persons in the process. Mr Alaibe picked up a Labour Party governorship form in Abuja two weeks ago to contest the number one seat in Bayelsa.
Since Mr. Alaibe indicated his interest for the governorship race, the Labour Party has become the new political bride in the state with many PDP strong members defecting to the party. This is the first time Mr Alaibe, described as the ‘Bayelsa strong man', is coming to the state after showing interest in the Bayelsa governorship race for the third time.
The chairman of the Labour Party in the state, Bobou Adou, confirmed the incident, saying that Mr Alaibe arrived to the waiting arms of some 6,000 supporters which almost turned into a rally. When contacted on telephone, the Bayelsa commissioner of police, Aliyu Musa, told NAN that he was on national duty but confirmed hearing about the attack.
"You know I am on national duty. I am not there but I heard of it," he said.
An unconfirmed report said that 14 persons had been arrested by officers of the Joint Military Taskforce (JTF) in the Niger Delta in connection with the incident. When NAN called the spokesman of the JTF, Timothy Antigha, on telephone, he said he was at a meeting and promised to call back.
Source: www.234next.com
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