A follow-up on this story.
Security agents on Tuesday found 11 bodies of policemen out of the 12
declared missing at the weekend in the southern Bayelsa state, police
and army spokesmen said.
State police spokesman Alex Akhigbe said that the bodies were taken to a morgue in the state capital Yenagoa.
Witnesses said some of the bodies recovered along the creeks and
waterways of the oil-rich state were burnt beyond recognition, mutilated
and stripped of their uniforms and rifles.
The Friday attack came just two days after a militant group in the
Niger Delta region, MEND, allegedly threatened to resume attacks over
the conviction of presumed leader Henry Okah in South Africa. But police
say the attack was as a result of a dispute between an ex-militant and
his gang over improper distribution of a 2009 amnesty payment, and
alleged abandonment.
Authorities said the attack occurred while police were escorting the
ex-militant, who had relocated to Abuja since the amnesty deal was
struck, to his mother’s burial.
Bayelsa police commissioner Kingsley Omire had said one of the police boats broke down on the way and was a “soft target”.
MEND had threatened attacks on the country’s oil facilities for
Nigeria’s role in the conviction of the supposed leader Henry Okah who
was sentenced to 24 years in prison over twin car bomb attacks on
Independence Day in Abuja in 2010.
HBC: Lemmi get this straight...
-1-MEND said they attacked because Henry Okah was jailed abi?
-2-Police said NO! the attack was implemented to kill an Ex-militant who had with him the police as escort.
-3-Nothing happened to the ex-militant but 11, 12 or is it 15 policemen died(in the line of duty?). *They really gave their lives while tryna protect the guy!*
-4-Only one of the boats was attacked so my question is...How many Escort boats were they in total?...if one boat had almost 15 policemen, How many policemen were escorting just one Ex-militant?
HBR, Please help me analyse this issues OooOOO.
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