Suspected cultists kill youth corps member in Yenagoa snatch mobile phone, cash

Gunmen, suspected by Police to be members of a cult group, have killed a 30-year-old corps member and dispossessed him of his cell phone, money in Yenagoa, Bayelsa.

Armed violence and killing has witnessed an upsurge in the past weeks with more than 5 reported cases in the pat few weeks leaving residents at the mercy of gun wielding gangs.

The Police Public Relations Officer, Bayelsa Command, Mr. Asinim Butswat, who confirmed the incident on Sunday in Yenagoa said the probability that the crime was cult related was very high..

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Butswat said preliminary investigation showed that the killing was cult related adding that detailed investigation was ongoing to unravel those behind the dastardly act and apprehend them.

According to the Police, the incident occurred on Saturday evening on Melford Okilo Road, INEC/Kpansia area of Yenagoa metropolis.

The victim, Samuel Collins, who hailed from Port Harcourt in neighbouring Rivers State was a graduate of Engineering from the University of Benin.

Collins was reportedly accosted by the hoodlums at INEC Road junction on his way to the Nigerian Content Development and Management Board's office on Isaac Boro Expressway, where he was undergoing training.

According eyewitnesses at the scene, the young man was gunned down when he tried to drag his phones and valuables with his assailants.

An eyewitness, who wished anonymity, said Collins was shot by the gunmen at a close range on his head.

He said the bullets from the hoodlums' guns shattered the victim's head resulting to massive loss of blood out of his brain.

The gunmen abandoned the lifeless body of their victim, fled the scene after making away with his phone, money and other valuables.

The 30 year old victim gave up the ghost after struggling with death for some minutes before help could come his way belatedly..

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Some of his friends described Collins as an easy-going and brilliant young man. 

They confirmed that the Police had since removed his body and deposited it at the morgue of the Federal Medical Centre,Yenagoa.

According to them, arrangements were being made to take his remains to his hometown for burial