Gunmen rob, kill businessman in Bayelsa

• Published On: 22 July 2024 at 18:31

Gunmen, believed of being armed robbers, robbed and killed a businessman on Monday in his workplace near Ekeki Motor Park in Yenagoa.

The businessman, simply known as Cletus, was claimed to have been followed to his office in the early hours and stabbed many times in the head before dying.

The perpetrators were claimed to have fled with an undisclosed sum of money, his cell phone, and a Highlander jeep parked opposite the building.

A correspondent from the News Agency of Nigeria visited the scene and observed neighbours mourning him.

His body was discovered by his workers, who had resumed duties.

The deceased, in his late forties, was described as a quiet businessman with other ventures in the city.

According to NAN, ASP Musa Mohammed, spokesman for the Bayelsa Police Command, stated that an inquiry into the case has begun.