A pipeline surveillance contractor, identified as Kinikanwo Ojindah has been shot dead by unknown gunmen in Ogbakiri community, Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State.
The deceased, popularly called Agala, was an indigene of Rumuokani village in Ogbakiri community.
According to reports available to NIGERIACRIME, he was shot on Sunday night in his apartment by men who introduced themselves as “government”.
Agala, before his death, securing a pipeline in the area under the Tantita Pipeline Surveillance Company.
The deceased was a peaceful person before his death, according to the description of him shared with newsmen by the Secretary to Rumuokani Council of Chiefs, Godspower Kamalu and the youth president, Ezebunwo Ike.
The community leaders urged the government to fish out the killers of Agala, while also calling for the security of lives and properties of the people in the area.
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Kamalu said, “We slept last night, and when we woke up this morning, we heard that unknown gunmen just came into our community and shot one of our sons dead.
“We are now living in fear; we want the government to come to our aid. We don’t know if the people that killed him will come back to the community.”
On his part, Ike said, “Last night, we heard gunshots, and when we got to the scene; we saw that one of our youths was lying dead in the pool of his own blood.
“Our community has remained peaceful, even when cultism was prominent in the area, but all of a sudden, we just discovered this last night.
“The people that saw one or two movements said the people introduced themselves as the government. We describe them as unknown gunmen because we do not know them.
“If they are the government, are they supposed to kill somebody that is unarmed?”
The wife of the deceased, Gift Kinikanwo-Ojindah, said the death of her husband will bring hardship, stating that her husband did nothing to warrant someone wanting to take his life.