Gunmen terrorising Rivers state have again shot dead two persons in the Ubeta-Owube axis of Ahoada West Local Government Area of of the oil rich State.
The deceased were travelling in a commercial vehicle on Saturday when they were ambushed and killed by the gunmen.
The victims are Confidence Chiadikobi Franco and the driver of the commercial vehicle.
One Major Elleh, an indigene of the Ubarama community, said the driver of the vehicle and the owner of the building materials were on their way to Owube.
He disclosed that Franco had gone to get the material to rebuild his father’s house that was destroyed by flood.
Elleh, a former community development committee chairman of Ubarama, told newsmen that they “learnt from reliable sources that the two victims were shot at about 11 pm in Owube, a neighbouring community, about one kilometre away from Ubarama. One of the victims is Confidence Chiadikobi Franco, who lived in Port Harcourt.
“His father’s house was brought down during the flood, and he bought some building materials for the house. And he was gunned down with the driver by these hoodlums along Ubata.”
Elleh called on stakeholders and the Local Government Council Chairman to give the necessary support to the new Divisional Police Officer and other security agencies in the area to clamp down on criminal elements.
“I believe the new DPO is an active man with a track record. And I have the belief that he’s going to do his work very well,” he said.
The Rivers State Police Command Public Relations Officer, Grace Iringe-Koko, confirmed the killings in Ahoada West and assured that an investigation is ongoing to arrest the hoodlums.