Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt
Hundreds of ex-militants from Bayelsa state today staged a violent protest by blocking the Mbiama /Yenagoa road by Tombia junction.
The ex-militants were protesting against the Bayelsa state government for allegedly hijacking a pipeline surveillance contract awarded to them by the Federal government.
The protest paralyzed social and economic activities in the area of the state. Shop owners hastily closed as the angry militants engaged the officers and men from the Bayelsa state Police Command who came to disperse them in violent confrontation.
A police truck was destroyed by the ex-militants when police tried to disperse them with teargas …Read More
Source:: PM Newspaper
