Killings in N/Delta: Fear grips ex-militant leaders

Killings in N/Delta: Fear grips ex-militant leaders

Tribune

15 June 2011

Killings in N/Delta: Fear grips ex-militant leaders

Written by Oluwole Ige

Against the backdrop of the killing of an ex-militant leader, identified as Commander Ebi Albert, on the street of Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, on Saturday, fear has gripped some ex-militant leaders in the Niger Delta, as they discreetly apply for police orderlies and gun licence.

Investigations by the Nigerian Tribune revealed that recent killings of ex-militants by unknown gunmen in some cities of the region had instilled fear of attack on them, causing increased requests for armed police orderlies, bullet proof vests and licence to own firearms.

The gruesome murder of Commander Ebi, on

Ebis Road

, in the capital city of Bayelsa by unknown gunmen brought to five, the numbers of ex-militants killed mysteriously in about seven months.