Unidentified
gunmen on Sunday killed a journalist, Famous Giobaro, at his residence on INEC
road, Kpasia in Bayelsa state capital Yenagoa, police have confirmed.
He
worked with the state-owned Glory FM 97.1.
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 a bungalow 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, John Angese and Secretary, 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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