Gunmen kill Nigerian journalist

Some Unidentified gunmen on Sunday killed a
journalist, Famous Giobaro, the Bayelsa State
Police Command has confirmed.
Giobaro, staff of state-owned Glory FM 97.1,
was killed by the gunmen in his residence at
INEC Road, Kpasia in Yenagoa, the state capital.
The Bayelsa State Police Public Relations Officer,
Asinim Butswat, said the command was yet to
get the full detail.
A witness said the gunmen stormed Giobaro’s
apartment within a bungalow at about 5am on
Sunday and shot him point blank on the
stomach.
The attackers had gained access into the
compound after scaling the fence with a ladder.
They went straight to Giobaro’s kitchen door,
shot at it and pulled it down to enter the
journalist’s bedroom.
Two unidentified men who slept in the apartment
with Giobaro were said to have hidden in the
wardrobe and toilet when the gunmen entered.
The attackers did not steal anything and they did
not attack other occupants of the bungalow,
triggering speculations they could be assassins.
The Bayelsa State Council of the Nigeria Union of
Journalists described the attack as shocking.
The NUJ Chairman, John Angese, and Secretary,
Stanley Imgbi, said Giobaro’s death was a huge
loss to the union.
The union asked the Police to investigate the
incident and bring the perpetrators of the
dastardly act to book.
Alabatvnews.