Three Military Personel including a
retired Naval Officer has been shut dead by unknown gunmen suspected to be sea
pirates last night at Angiama and Etelebiri waterways in Sagbama Local
Government Area of Bayelsa State.
Two military men were seriously injured while
another is declared missing.
The military men were said to be escorting a barge
belonging to Sterling Global Oil Company before they were ambushed by the
unknown gunmen.
Spokesman of the Joint Military Task Force in the
Niger Delta Lieutenant
Colonel Onyema Nwachukwu who confirmed the
incident said two military men and a civilian was killed while three civilian
are seriously injured.
Lieutenant Colonel Nwachukwu also said the
soldiers engaged the gunmen in a shoot out that lasted for about thirty
minutes before they were killed.
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