A station manager of the Plateau state owned transport company ‘Plateau rider’ identified as Alhaji Auwalu Aliyu, has been shot and killed by suspected armed robbers in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa state capital.
The incident reportedly occurred on Tuesday, June 11 at around 9:00 p.m. Near the state house of assembly complex at the Imgbi axis of the city.
Report said the late station manager was heading home after the close of day to meet his wife in the vicinity when he was shot and killed. The robbers also allegedly made off with the day’s fare and threw him out of a moving bus.
The commissioner of Police in the state, CP Alonyenu Francis Idu, confirmed the unfortunate incident and vowed a thorough investigation into the circumstances surrounding it.
“The manner the rider was killed is alien to Bayelsa State. We have the suspicion that the deceased was stalked from Plateau to Bayelsa and killed or his death is related to group of criminal elements currently assembled at Ogbia Local Government Area.
“So, the circumstances surrounding the death of the deceased is two dimensional. Our drone was able to capture the signatures of the vehicle that was used to carry out the operation. The last time the vehicle was sighted was that it was heading towards Ogbia.
“As I am speaking to you, the location of the vehicle is yet to be know but we are sure we will get it soon because we have every detail of the car. So, we sympathize with the family of the deceased, but we are sure they will get justice and that will happen very soon,” the police chief said.
