Three persons, including a mobile policeman and two employees of Neconde Energy, were Friday killed in an attack by suspected pirates in the
Jones Creek area of Warri South-West council area of Delta. Saturday Nation gathered that the victims of the attack were in a company boat when the hoodlums came out of nowhere to open fire on them, leaving three persons dead and many others injured.
According to a source, who is one of the leaders of the Jones Creek host community, Comrade Sheriff Mulade, the victims of the attack were said to be on a routine assignment, to service their well head. Mulade told Saturday Nation that he was going, in company of some other community leaders, to assess the level of damage done and see to evacuating the dead from the area.
“Pirates attack some workers, leading to casualties. They said one mobile policeman and two members of staff of Neconde were killed in the attack, while others sustained injuries. “It happened about 6:30am today. Nobody was kidnapped, they just opened fire on the company boat that was on a routine assignment, they were going for their well head servicing,” he said. When reached for confirmation of the report, the Police Public Relations Officer of the Delta police command, Celestina Kalu (DSP), said the command was aware of the incident, but would have to get back later with details.”
