Date Published: 11/12/10

Alaibe escapes assassination as gunmen attack his home

Timi Alaibe

Gunmen armed with explosives have attacked the home of President Goodluck Jonathan‘s top adviser on the Niger Delta region, police in Bayelsa State told Reuters on Friday.

Timi Alaibe, who was the main co-ordinator of an amnesty programme for militants in the region last year, was not at home when the attack happened late on Thursday night, his aides and family members said.

”His house in Opokuma was attacked by yet-to-be identified gunmen some minutes to midnight last night. They attacked the place with dynamite and guns causing damage to the building,” Reuters quoted Bayelsa State police spokesman, Eguavoen Emokpae as saying on Friday.

He said the motive for the attack was unclear, adding that no arrests had yet been made.