Tony Olutomiwa, Yenagoa
Bayelsa Government House photographer, Reginald Dei, who was alleged to have been shot by men in Army uniform in Oweikorogha, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area, during the last Presidential and National Assembly elections, is died.
Director, Corporate Communications, Governor’s Office, Chief Nathan Egba-Ologo, in a statement, on Monday, said the photographer died, on Sunday night, after battling to survive the lethal wounds from the gunshots at a Yenagoa hospital.
The statement noted that Dei was shot alongside the leader of the PDP in Oweikorogha community, Mr. Seidougha Taribi, while the duo were waiting for the outcome of the election in their ward at the politician’s residence.
Dei was said to be initially taken for dead but survived the attack until he died Sunday night while Taribi died on the spot.
Egba-Ologo called on the relevant security agencies to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of the two men and bring the culprits to book.
He also alleged that thugs working for APC chieftains have been allowed to wreak havoc in Nembe Bassambiri.
According to him, the thugs have sacked the mobile policemen and the operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps deployed to the community.
He further claimed that the said thugs have dug military fashion trenches in Bassambiri with barricades to harass PDP members in the community and prevent those who fled the community from returning.
He called on the leadership of the Nigerian Army and the other security agencies to prevent brigandage and a breakdown of law and order in the area ahead of the next elections.
He also urged the security agencies to adhere to their constitutional responsibility by ensuring the provision of security during the next election.
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