Some Unidentified gunmen on Sunday killed a
journalist, Mr Famous Giobaro, the Bayelsa Police Command confirmed.
Giobaro, staff of state owned Glory FM 97.1 was
killed by the gunmen in his residence at INEC Road, Kpasia in Yenagoa, the
state capital.
The Bayelsa Police Public Relations Officer, DSP
Asinim Butswat, said the command was yet to get the full detail.
A witness said the gunmen stormed Giobaro’s
apartment within aBUNGALOW at about 5am on Sunday and shot him point blank on
the stomach.
The attackers had gained access into the compound
after scaling the fence with a ladder.
They went straight to Giobaro’s kitchen door, shot
at it and pulled it down to enter the journalist’s bedroom.
Two unidentified men who slept in the apartment with
Giobaro were said to have hidden in the wardrobe and toilet when the gunmen
entered.
The attackers did not steal anything and they did
not attack other occupants of the BUNGALOW, triggering speculations they could
be assassins.
Bayelsa Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists
(NUJ) described the attack as shocking.
NUJ Chairman, Mr John Angese and Secretary, Mr
Stanley Imgbi said Giobaro’s death was a huge loss to the union.
The union asked the Police to investigate the
incident and bring the perpetrators of the dastardly act to book.
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