A Special Adviser to the Governor of Bayelsa State has been reportedly assassinated by unknown gunmen in his home town of Kaiama.
Ebikimi Okoringa
Some suspected assassins have on Monday killed Ebikimi Okoringa, an aide to Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, at his hometown in Kolokuma-Opokuma local government area of the state.
According to reports, the two-time councillor and former Acting Chairman of the LGA, who was recently appointed a Special Adviser to Dickson, was shot dead at about 10:00 p.m. on Monday.
While speaking to a correspondent, a community source said the assailant laid ambush close to the victim’s house and shot him immediately he alighted from his car.
The source said; “They waited for him in the cover of darkness. Immediately he alighted from his car and walked towards the door, they released the first bullet.
“The bullet tore his hand but he started running to escape from the scene. The assailants chased him to a point where he fell down. They pumped many bullets into his body at a close range.”
The source said the killers ensured their victim was dead before they fled the scene. See the graphic photo of the deceased below;