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Nigeria: Violent Killings, Attacks – Soldiers Take Over Bayelsa

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Original Post Date: 2010-08-02 Time: 17:00:03  Posted By: News Poster

By Osa Okhomina

Yenagoa – The Bayelsa State government yesterday showed signs of desperation over the rising incidence of cult killings and armed attacks on homes of political officeholders, including former deputy governor Peremobowei Ebebi, with the drafting of soldiers attached to the Joint Military Task Force, codenamed Operation Restore Hope, to join the Nigerian police to beef up security in the state.

Armed men had, in the last few days, attacked the homes of the senior special assistant to the governor on conflict resolution, Mike Wenifowei, the home of impeached deputy governor Peremobowei Ebebi, state chairman of the Sanitation Authority Chief Reginald Dede, and the country home of the governor, Chief Timipre Sylva.

Cult-related attacks have led to the death of at least seven persons, including a middle-aged man at the junction of the popular Ingbi Road in Yenagoa, the state capital. LEADERSHIP SUNDAY observed that the JTF had deployed men in full battle dress to strategic locations in the state capital to mount road blocks in “a stop-and-search operation”.

JTF armoured personnel carriers and armed soldiers searched all categories of cars on the major streets of the state capital apart from the regular police checkpoints in different parts of the state. The coordinator of the Joint Media Campaign Centre, Lt. Col. Timothy Antigha, said the JTF was assisting the police in ensuring safety of life and property in the state.

The headquarters of the JTF is located in Yenagoa. In the last week, there have been seven deaths that followed a similar pattern of gang-related killings and Mafia-style hits.

Original date published: 1 August 2010

Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201008020361.html?viewall=1