CULTIST KILL CORPS MEMBER IN BAYELSA

James Onuh, a member of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC,serving in Obele, a suburb of Yenagoa, the Bayelsa state capital was at the weekend reportedly killed by gunmen .

Until his death he was attached to the state Ministry of Works, was a civil engineering graduate of the University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Benue State.

The gunmen suspected to be cultists, accosted him close to his residence in Obele area of the state on Saturday and shot him at a close range.

The state Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Asinim Butswat, who confirmed the incident said,

“Gunmen, suspected to be cultists, attacked and shot him. “He was rushed to the Federal Medical Centre, Yenagoa where he later died. “We are trailing the suspects and investigation is ongoing,” Butswat stated.