Gunmen kill corps member in Yenagoa, Bayelsa

Gunmen, suspected to be robbers, have shot dead a
30-year-old corps member and dispossessed him of his money and other valuables
in Yenagoa, Bayelsa.

The Police Public Relations Officer at the Bayelsa Command,
Mr. Asinim Butswat, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)
on Sunday in Yenagoa.

Butswat said preliminary investigation showed that the
killing was cult related adding that detailed investigation was ongoing to
unravel those behind the dastardly act and apprehend them.

According to the Police, the incident occurred on Saturday
evening on Melford Okilo Road, INEC/Kpansia area of Yenagoa metropolis.

The victim, Samuel Collins, was a graduate of Engineering
from the University of Benin.

Collins was accosted by the hoodlums at INEC Road junction
on his way to the Nigerian Content Development and Management Board’s office on
Isaac Boro Expressway, where he was undergoing training.

According eyewitnesses at the scene, the young man was
gunned down when he tried to drag his phones and valuables with his assailants.

An eyewitness, who wished anonymity, said Collins was shot
by the gunmen at a close range on his head.

He said the bullets from the hoodlums’ guns shattered the
victim’s head resulting to massive loss of blood out of his brain.

The gunmen abandoned the lifeless body of their victim, fled
the scene after making away with his phone, money and other valuables.

The 30 year old victim gave up the ghost after struggling
with death for some minutes before help could come his way belatedly.

Some of his friends described Collins as an easy-going and
brilliant young man.

They confirmed that the Police had since removed his body
and deposited it at the morgue of the Federal Medical Centre,Yenagoa.

According to them, arrangements were being made to take his
remains to his hometown, Port Harcourt, Rivers for burial.