Gunmen have shot dead Ebikimi Okoringa, newly-appointed Special Adviser to Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State.
A community leader, who preferred anonymity, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Yanagoa that Okoringa was shot on Monday by some assailants who laid ambush near his house in Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government Area of the state.
The community leader said: “The incident occurred around 10pm.
“The assailants waited for him in the cover of darkness.
“Immediately he alighted from his car and walked towards the door, they released the first bullet on him.
“The bullet tore his hand, but he started running to escape from the scene.
“They chased him to a point where he fell down and pumped many bullets into his body at a close range.”
The Police Command in the state confirmed the incident.
The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Asinim Butswat, who confirmed the incident, said the command would issue a statement on the matter.
NAN gathered that the deceased, a two-time councilor and former Acting Chairman of Kolokuma/Opokuma LGA, was yet to be assigned portfolio in his new appointment by the governor.
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