8 February 2011
By Patrick Naagbanton
On Tuesday, February 1, about 2.00 am , assassins numbering over 10 with two (2) women armed with AK47 assault rifles, short axes, torchlights and iron -cutters invaded the private residence of Richard Nima, retired director of the Rivers State Ministry of Agriculture, and ex-activist of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) located behind the popular GVC filling station in the Aleto community in the Eleme Local Government Area of Rivers State.
Esther Sunday Isong Nima, wife of the deceased told our monitor that when the heavily armed assassins struck, they shot sporadically for several minutes, while cutting the iron gates and doors to Richard’s house, while she called the police hotline- 112, and a police officer who answered the call after taking the description of the place, claimed that his men will come, which they never did.
Some resident of the area spoken to also confirmed this. The assassins eventually broke into the residence and Richard Nima who was awaken by the furious gun barks started shouting helplessly “ who is that “. The gunmen confronted the MOSOP activist turned PDP politician and shot him, amidst the whimpering cries of 5 months and few weeks – old- beautiful Miss Deborah Nma. The deadly bullets from the killer’s gun pierced his right hands and damaged his ribs and stomach. He fell down, panting between death and life, and the gunmen and women started retreating, thinking he died instantly. One of them reportedly yelled gleefully, “ let’s go, it is done “. They did go for anything rather were looking for documents after the shot him, and he was in his pool of blood.
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