Two Policemen Shot in Bayelsa Senator’s Hotel

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7f98a871 nigerian police force Two Policemen Shot in Bayelsa Senator's Hotel

*Another killed in Shopping Mall

Emmanuel Addeh in Yenagoa

Suspected gunmen have again ravaged Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, shooting two policemen in a popular hotel and killing another at the Joepal Shopping mall in Amarata.

Also, the hoodlums carted away two rifles belonging to the cops, before shooting in the air to scare away passersby.

The attack on the first two policemen, who were on guard duty took place at Udeme Hotels along Diepreye Alamieyeseigha road in Yenagoa, belonging to Senator Emmanuel Paulker, who is representing Bayelsa Central Senatorial district of the senate.

The gunmen reportedly caught the security operatives unaware as they posed as customers before opening fire on the policemen.

An eyewitness told newsmen that the bandits drove into the hotel in a Toyota Camry and pretended that they wanted to lodge. It wasn’t clear if they robbed the hotel, apart from the guns they stole from their victims.

While one of…



Source: Thisday Newspaper