{"id":21319,"date":"2018-02-12T10:51:24","date_gmt":"2018-02-12T09:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=21319"},"modified":"2018-02-12T10:51:24","modified_gmt":"2018-02-12T09:51:24","slug":"police-confirm-assassination-nulge-chairman-bayelsa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/police-confirm-assassination-nulge-chairman-bayelsa\/","title":{"rendered":"Police Confirm Assassination Of NULGE Chairman In Bayelsa"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Amos Okioma<\/p>\n

The Bayelsa Police Command has confirmed the killing of Mr Okaye Igali, the Southern Ijaw branch Chairman of Nigerian Union of Local Government Employee (NULGE) by unidentified assassins.<\/p>\n

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DSP Asinim Butswat, the Spokesman of the state Police Command, confirmed the murder to newsmen Saturday in Yenagoa.<\/p>\n

\u201cIgali `m`age 53, was shot and killed by unknown gunmen, along Ayama Ijaw Road, Southern Ijaw LG on Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cPreliminary investigation revealed that the attack was a premeditated murder. The police Tactical Team have swung into action to arrest the culprits and investigation is ongoing,\u201d Butswat said.<\/p>

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Mr Elaye Warifagha, the Secretary, Community Development Committee (CDC) of Ayama-ijaw community told newsmen that the attack happened in daylight.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe attack happened in broad daylight; it was a case of assassination by those who claim to know the deceased.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe victim was on a tricycle going to Ayama-Ijaw water front to board a speed boat to his destination when the gunmen attacked him.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Amos Okioma The Bayelsa Police Command has confirmed the killing of Mr Okaye Igali, the Southern Ijaw branch Chairman of Nigerian Union of Local Government Employee (NULGE) by unidentified assassins. DSP Asinim Butswat, the Spokesman of the state Police Command, confirmed the murder to newsmen Saturday in Yenagoa. \u201cIgali `m`age 53, was shot and …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":21320,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,624],"tags":[1609],"coauthors":[2391],"class_list":["post-21319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-news","category-politics","tag-chairman"],"yoast_head":"\nPolice Confirm Assassination Of NULGE Chairman In Bayelsa - National Wire<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Bayelsa Police Command has confirmed the killing of Mr Okaye Igali, the Southern Ijaw branch Chairman of Nigerian Union of Local Government Employee\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/police-confirm-assassination-nulge-chairman-bayelsa\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Police Confirm Assassination Of NULGE Chairman In Bayelsa - 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