Tobias Sylvester
Gunmen dressed in military uniform have killed an aspirant of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Odienyefa Ogbolosingha.
Odienyefa Ogbolosingha Killed
The PDP chieftain was killed on Friday after gunmen dressed in military camouflage invaded his residence along the Imiringi Road in Yenagoa and shot him dead.
The victim, who contested the PDP ticket for the 2023 state Houses of Assembly election, was the younger brother of a former chairman of the Yenagoa Local Government Council, late Michael Ogbolosingha.
According to Punch, a community source, who pleaded anonymity, said that Ogbolosingha’s assailants had a couple of weeks ago sent him a message warning him and a contractor not to carry out a road project under the cluster board.
“They sent him a message some two weeks ago or so warning him and a contractor to desist from embarking on a road project by the cluster board in the community. But he sublet the job. He has been a member of the board for some time.
“Now, yesterday (Friday), they have gunned him down in his house at Imiringi Road, Yenagoa,” the source said.
When contacted, the spokesman for the Bayelsa Police Command, Asinim Butswat, confirmed the incident saying investigation has commenced.
He said, “Police operatives responded to a distress call at about 1400hours on Friday 22 July 2022 that armed men shot one Odeinyefa Ogbolosingha at his residence at Imiringi Road, Yenagoa.
“The victim was rushed to the Federal Medical Centre, Yenagoa, for treatment, but was confirmed dead. Photograph and other evidence were taken at the scene. Investigation has commenced.”
This comes a few hours after unknown gunmen also killed Hon. Ishaya Bakano, the Deputy Leader of Song Local Government Legislative Council in Adamawa State.
