Police confirm raid on Nembe traditional ruler’s palace
The
police in Bayelsa have confirmed the attack by gunmen on the palace of
the Amanyanabo of Nembe Kingdom, King Edmound Daukoru, Mingi XII.
Onuoha Udeka, the
Commissioner of Police, Bayelsa State, in Yenagoa on Tuesday said the
incident occurred last week at Nembe in Nembe Local Government Area and
that “the police was on top of the situation,” but that no one was
arrested.
The house of the former Minister of Petroleum was destroyed by the armed youth who stormed the town in speed boats.
Meanwhile, the
Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta has intensified “the
stop-and-search operation” on the streets of Yenagoa, to beef up
security. The spokesman for the JTF, Timothy Antigha, a lieutenant
colonel, had earlier said the patrol was to augment the activities of
other security agencies.
The spate of cult
and political attacks and killings in Bayelsa State has, however, been
on the increase, with 12 persons suspected to have been killed in the
last one week.
Mr Daukoru retired as an Executive Director in the Nigeria National
Petroleum Commission and was appointed Presidential Adviser on
Petroleum Matters, and later Minister of Petroleum Resources under
former Olusegun Obasanjo administration.
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