Bayelsa: Home Of Militant Contesting Gov. Dickson Over Pipeline Security Largess Bombed...
there is heightened political tension in Bayelsa State following a bomb attack on the home of an ex-Niger Delta militant leader, Eris Paul, popularly known as Ogunboss Security agents and eyewitnesses told a correspondent of
SaharaReporters that Ogunboss’s home in the Etegwe area of Bayelsa State
yesterday came under attack by unidentified gunmen who used an
improvised explosive device (IED).
Our sources said the attack happened close to 11 p.m. on Thursday.
“We heard a big explosion and everything just shook,” a resident close
to Ogunboss disclosed.
Our sources said the ex-militant was at home at the time of the
attack, and was hosting a few ex-militants. Our correspondent, who saw
the house after the attack, said there was some extensive damage,
especially in the swimming pool area.
One security operative told SaharaReporters that, following the
explosive, the police swiftly cordoned off the area to vehicular
traffic.
An associate of Mr. Ogunboss said they saw the assailants and briefly
gave chase on foot. “They escaped on a tricycle when we chased them,”
said the source.
A few days ago, Mr. Ogunboss and other ex-militants staged a major
demonstration against Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa, accusing him
of seeking to pocket a portion of a multi-billion-naira pipeline
surveillance contract provided by the Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation (NNPC) for the benefit of residents of oil-bearing
communities in the Niger Delta.
Mr. Ogunboss confirmed the attack on his home, claiming that the
bombing was linked to his stance against the state government’s plan to
seize the pipeline surveillance contract. He added that there was an
assassination attempt a few days ago on one of his close associates and
that he had seen some suspicious people hovering near his home the night
of the attack.
According to him, the suspicious vagrants were armed with AK-47 guns and wore masks.
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