An ex-militant leader and head of operations of Darlon Oil and Gas Servicing Limited, Indukapo Ogede, has been assassinated in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital.
The Bayelsa State Police Command has confirmed the assassination of the ex-militant leader, calling for calm.
Ogede was said to have been killed at a hotel off Tamic Road in Okutukutu, where he usually stays when he is in Yenagoa.
Those who killed him were reportedly spotting military uniforms and armed to the teeth.
They were said to have driven into the hotel on Sunday afternoon and paid for three rooms.
They then went to the bar of the hotel and waited for Ogede, who was said to have gone out when they arrived.
On approaching the hotel gate, the armed men were said to have moved towards the ex-militant leader and shot him at close range.
The Chairman of Darlon Oil and Gas Limited, Chief Levi Wilson, confirmed the development in a statement.
Wilson appealed to law enforcement agencies to investigate the killing and bring the perpetrators of the dastardly act to book.
The spokesman of the Bayelsa State Police Command, Asinim Butswat, appealed for calm over the killing of Ogede, adding that the police had commenced investigation.