BREAKING: Gunmen Attack NSCDC Team In Bayelsa, Kill Officer, Injure Three Others

An serviceman of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has been killed and 3 others injured by chartless gunmen successful the Igbomotoru community, Bayelsa State.

SaharaReporters gathered from sources that the onslaught took spot portion the officers were returning from a clampdown cognition connected Friday.

Confirming the study to SaharaReporters connected Friday afternoon, NSCDC spokesperson Afolabi Babawale said the incidental is true, but helium has yet to person broad details astir it.

“I'm alert but I person not received a broad study astir the incident, I volition telephone you erstwhile I person a elaborate report,” the spokesperson said.

In April 2024, gunmen killed 3 soldiers successful an ambush on the Nembe-Brass Road successful Bayelsa. The subject blamed militants and launched a manhunt.

In February 2024, pirates attacked a navy patrol vessel successful Southern Ijaw LGA, Bayelsa, sidesplitting 2 personnel.

In December 2023, chartless gunmen killed 2 constabulary officers astatine a checkpoint successful Yenagoa, sparking protests astir rising insecurity.

Igbomotoru successful the Southern Ijaw Local Government Area is simply a riverine assemblage with a past of militant activity.

In March 2024, the subject raided Igbomotoru aft suspects linked to the sidesplitting of 17 soldiers successful Delta State’s Okuama assemblage were traced there.