DSS NABS KILLERS OF ELECTORAL COMMISSION’S SECRETARY
The Department of State Security (DSS) in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State has arrested six men for the murder of the Secretary of the Bayelsa State Electoral Commission (BSIEC), Chief Simeon Akpane.
According to THIS DAY Newspaper, Mr. Laasan Baba, the State Director of the DSS, who paraded the suspects, complained that the boys killed the Chief without any apparent motive.
According to him, preliminary investigation showed that the six people arrested, shot the Chief during a failed robbery operation, even though the boys confessed that they had made up their minds to kill anyone they encountered that day.
The leader of the group confirmed this on Wednesday while he was questioned by newsmen.
The suspects are Freedom Allen, 27; Kurotimi Clarkson Okilo alias Oyoyo, 27; Simeon Macaulay Imiete, 21, all from Bayelsa State.
Others involved are Abubakar Ibrahim, 24, from Kano; Maharaza Sallau, 20, from Plateau State and Salisu Haladu, 24, from Katsina State who was arrested following an established trace on the GSM phone of the deceased.
The stolen phone which was passed from one and to another was bought by Simeon Macaulay who buys and sells stolen GSM phones.
According to the DSS, Freedom Allen shot the Chief in the head with a locally made pistol.
“Investigation revealed that on October 10, 2014, between 4pm and 8pm, at Biogbolo Community School, Freedom Allen, Kurotimi Clarkson Okilo and one Ebi alias Omega still at large conspired to carry out robbery activities to get money for their personal needs.”
“At about 8pm on that day, they board a commercial tricycle popularly known as Keke from Biogbolo to Otiotio road to find a victim to rob. According to them, the choice of Otiotio was informed by their perception that the area is inhabited by rich persons.”
The DSS boss said the suspected killers, on sighting the Chief’s car, blocked him at his house gate and collected his GSM phone, “the deceased BSIEC scribed grabbed Omega a member of the gang who was holding a pistol and began to struggle with him. Allen collected the gun from Omega and shot the victim in the head.”
The man died on the spot, while his killers escaped until they were arrested.
