Gunmen Bomb Timi Alaibe’s House •Kill One Policeman

An explosive suspected to be bomb at the early hour of Friday went off  at the premises of the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta Matter, Mr. Ndutimi Alaibe, in Opokuma community, Kolokuma/ Opokuma Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, killing one police constable.
The attack, allegedly carried out by  suspected gunmen, was confirmed by the Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr. Aliyu Musa, stating that one of his men died while the other one earlier declared missing had been found.
Aliyu said the gunmen did not go away with any of the property in the house. He, however,  stated that one of the hoodlums alleged to have participated in the bombing of the building had been arrested.
This is coming barely 48 hours after the police foiled the attempt to bomb the popular Ekeki Motor park by suspected members of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) which has thrown the entire community into panic.
Unconfirmed reports disclosed that the suspected gunmen invaded the  community around 1:00 a.m and started shooting sporadically into the air to scare villagers..
After gaining entry into the compound, the bomb was  allegedly detonated, thereby causing severe damage to the building.
However, it could not be ascertained whether the victim was shot while trying to repel the attack by the gunmen.
As of the time of filing this report, movements to the compound have been restricted while passersby were subjected to search by combined team of police and operatives of the Joint Military Task Force, (JTF).
Also, anti-bomb squad was said to have been deployed in the area in order to ascertain whether there are explosives that are yet to be detonated.
Meanwhile, the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has called for a full investigation into Friday’s bombing  describing the act as barbaric, inhuman and cowardly.
Making this known in a statement, the state chairman of the party, Mr Miriki Ebikibina, noted with dismay that the attack was coming barely few weeks after a similar one was launched at the oil installation of the Nigeria Agip Oil Company, (NAOC).
Meanwhile, Special assistant to Alaibe, Henry Ngbolue, described the bomb blast as shocking, saying details of the incident were not known yet.
According to him, his boss was in Abuja when the event took place, adding that Alaibe remained unruffled.

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