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Four persons are feared dead in an attack at the country home of
former presidential adviser on Niger Delta affairs, Timi Alaibe, in Opokuma,
Bayelsa, on Friday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that unknown
gunmen attacked the former NDDC managing director’s home while he was
addressing some of his followers shortly after he returned from Abuja.

A source close to Mr Alaibe said the gunmen shot
indiscriminately, killing four persons in the process. Mr Alaibe picked up a
Labour Party governorship form in Abuja two weeks ago to contest the number one
seat in Bayelsa.

Since Mr. Alaibe indicated his interest for the governorship
race, the Labour Party has become the new political bride in the state with
many PDP strong members defecting to the party. This is the first time Mr
Alaibe, described as the ‘Bayelsa strong man’, is coming to the state after
showing interest in the Bayelsa governorship race for the third time.

The chairman of the Labour Party in the state, Bobou Adou,
confirmed the incident, saying that Mr Alaibe arrived to the waiting arms of
some 6,000 supporters which almost turned into a rally. When contacted on
telephone, the Bayelsa commissioner of police, Aliyu Musa, told NAN that he was
on national duty but confirmed hearing about the attack.

“You know I am on national duty. I am not there but I heard of
it,” he said.

An unconfirmed report said that 14 persons had been arrested by
officers of the Joint Military Taskforce (JTF) in the Niger Delta in connection
with the incident. When NAN called the spokesman of the JTF, Timothy Antigha,
on telephone, he said he was at a meeting and promised to call back.