The Government House Photographer, Reginald Dei, who was shot by men in
Army uniform in Oweikorogha, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area òf
Bayelsa State, during the last Presidential and National Assembly
elections has died.
A statement by the Director Corporate Communications, Governor’s Office,
Chief Nathan Egba-Ologo, stated that the photographer died after battling
to survive the lethal wounds from the gunshots in a Yenagoa hospital on
Sunday night.
Dei was shot alongside the leader of the PDP in Oweikorogha community, Mr.
Seidougha Taribi, while the duo were waiting for the outcome of the
election in their ward at the politician’s residence.
While Dei who was initially taken for dead survived the attack until
Sunday night, Taribi died on the spot.
Egba-Ologo called on the relevant security agencies to investigate the
activities of the various security agencies in order to bring the culprits
of the dastardly act to book.
He added that while the state was mourning the unfortunate murder of
Taribi and Dei as a result of the brigandage that rocked the parts of the
state during the Presidential election, thugs working for APC chieftains
have been allowed to wreak havoc in Nembe Bassambiri.
He said further that the rampaging thugs have sacked the mobile policemen
and the operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps on
deployment in the besieged community.
He lamented that the rampaging thugs have dug military fashion trenches in
Bassambiri with barricades to harass PDP members in the community and
prevent those who fled the community from returning.
He called on the leadership of the Nigerian Army and the other security
agencies to prevent brigandage and a breakdown of law and order in the
area ahead of the next elections.
He urged the security agencies to adhere strictly to their constitutional
responsibility to ensure the provision of security and indeed the
requisite environment in the next election.