Panic as gunmen kill APC chieftain in Bayelsa

A chieftain of the All Progressives  Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State, Mr Sunday Frank-Oputu, was reportedly shot dead by unknown gunmen at his Baybridge residence in the Yenizue-Gene suburb of Yenagoa, the state capital, yesterday.

Vanguard gathered that Frank-Oputu’s wife and children were away for a church night vigil when the gunmen stormed their home and shot him through his window while asleep.

Frank-Oputu, an indigene of Igbomotoru in the Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of the state, was in his early fifties when he met his untimely death.

According to sources, the deceased was at the forefront of the struggle to extricate his community from the firm control of some persons allegedly behind illegal oil bunkering activities in the Igbomotoru enclave.

Contacted, spokesman of the Bayelsa State Police Command, Mr Asinim Butswat, confirmed the incident, saying the police have launched a manhunt for the alleged killers.

Meanwhile, Governor Douye Diri has directed the police in the state to fish out the killers of Frank-Oputu. Vanguard