Bayelsa Govt condemns attack on JTF , commiserates with military over death of 2

 The Bayelsa government has condemned  the recent ambush and killing of members of a security patrol team by unknown gunmen around Letugbene community in Ekeremor Local Government Area of the state.

The armed men suspected to be militants had on August 28 ambushed a security boat operated my the joint military force and killed two crew members, a soldier and a civillian.

Spokesman of the Joint Task Force deployed to the Niger Delta Major Ibrahim Abdullahi had on Friday confirmed the death of a soldier and civillian crew member in the attack.





The government in a statement, issued by the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Hon. Jonathan Obuebite expressed regret over the unfortunate incident, describing it as unwarranted, barbaric and totally unacceptable.

Obuebited noted that information available to the government, there was no form dispute or contending issue to have warranted an attack on soldiers, who were carrying out their legitimate duties.

He said that the incident was purely an act of criminality, deliberately carried to rubbish the security and peace efforts of the Gov. Seriake Dickson led administration.

The Information commissioner expressed the sympathy of the state government to the immediate families of dead soldiers and the Nigerian Army, called for a thorough investigation of the incident.

The probe of the incident would ensure that everybody found guilty of involvement in any form is brought to book to serve as a deterrent to others.

“To us, this incident is a politically motivated and sponsored by some persons in high places to heat up the state for their selfish interests.

"And as a Government, we would not fold our arms and allow a few individuals to rubbish the peace and security we have been able to bring to our state.

"We will support the security agencies in whichever way possible in carrying out their investigations in this matter”, Obuebite said.

Obuebite stated that, state government will resist every move by mischief makers to take the state back to its inglorious past, when some politicians used to their positions to perpetuate acts of lawlessness and insecurity, warning that, the law will soon catch up with them.