The Government House Photographer, Reginald Dei, who was shot by men in
\nArmy uniform in Oweikorogha, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area \u00f2f
\nBayelsa State, during the last Presidential and National Assembly
\nelections has died.<\/p>\n
A statement by the Director Corporate Communications, Governor\u2019s Office,
\nChief Nathan Egba-Ologo, stated that the photographer died after battling
\nto survive the lethal wounds from the gunshots in a Yenagoa hospital on
\nSunday night.<\/p>\n
Dei was shot alongside the leader of the PDP in Oweikorogha community, Mr.
\nSeidougha Taribi, while the duo were waiting for the outcome of the
\nelection in their ward at the politician\u2019s residence.<\/p>\n
While Dei who was initially taken for dead survived the attack until
\nSunday night, Taribi died on the spot.<\/p>\n
Egba-Ologo called on the relevant security agencies to investigate the
\nactivities of the various security agencies in order to bring the culprits
\nof the dastardly act to book.<\/p>\n
He added that while the state was mourning the unfortunate murder of
\nTaribi and Dei as a result of the brigandage that rocked the parts of the
\nstate during the Presidential election, thugs working for APC chieftains
\nhave been allowed to wreak havoc in Nembe Bassambiri.<\/p>\n
He said further that the rampaging thugs have sacked the mobile policemen
\nand the operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps on
\ndeployment in the besieged community.<\/p>\n
He lamented that the rampaging thugs have dug military fashion trenches in
\nBassambiri with barricades to harass PDP members in the community and
\nprevent those who fled the community from returning.<\/p>\n
He called on the leadership of the Nigerian Army and the other security
\nagencies to prevent brigandage and a breakdown of law and order in the
\narea ahead of the next elections.<\/p>\n
He urged the security agencies to adhere strictly to their constitutional
\nresponsibility to ensure the provision of security and indeed the
\nrequisite environment in the next election.<\/p>\n
The Government House Photographer, Reginald Dei, who was shot by men in Army uniform in Oweikorogha, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area \u00f2f Bayelsa State, during the last Presidential and National…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":65234,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n