2 killed, 1 kidnapped as gunmen raid Effurun, Warri

IT was a bloody day in the heart of Effurun, Uwvie Local Government Area, near Warri, Delta State, on Wednesday, when two people were killed and an expatriate abducted by unknown gunmen.
According to a witness, the incident happened at about 7.45 a.m around Uti Junction, close to Delta State Company (DSC) Expressway, Effurun.
The expatriate, said to be of Lebanese extraction, whose name was given as Azar Suleiman, was abducted in the process.
He works for a major construction company, Levant Construction Company Ltd, in the Niger Delta.
Nigerian Tribune was reliably told that no contact had been established with the expatriate as of press time.
Among the two that lost their lives were one MOPOL, the driver of the security vehicle conveying them, while another MOPOL is lying critically at an undisclosed hospital after being transferred from Warri Central Hospital where he was initially taken to for medical attention.
The driver’s name was given as Lucky.
A witness told the Nigerian Tribune that the driver’s head and that of the MOPOL, whose name could not be ascertained as of press time, were shattered with bullets with their brains gushing out.
Meanwhile, the Area Police Commander, Warri area command, ACP Rabiu Husseini, confirmed the incident but insisted that the police was still on top of security in the state.
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