Suspected gunmen on Sunday shot and killed an employee of the Bayelsa State-owned radio station, Glory FM 97.1, Famous Giobaro.
Mr Giobaro, who worked as desk editor in the station, was reportedly attacked in his house in an estate at the INEC Road area in Yenagoa.
Reports say the killers gained access to his house by climbing the fence through a ladder after cutting the barb wires. They broke into his apartment through the kitchen at about 5am, shot him many times in the stomach at close range and left without stealing anything.
It was gathered that two unidentified men, who were in the bedroom with the journalist, tried to stop the gunmen from entering the room but had to hide in the wardrobe and toilet when the gunmen started shooting at the door.
An unidentified neighbour of the deceased said, “They (gunmen) didn’t steal anything and they didn’t go to any other flat. It was a case of assassination”.
The neighbour also disclosed that the children of the deceased were not at home but temporarily with his separated wife.
He added: “They (gunmen) were in a mission to kill him. They shot many bullets on the door. They still came to him in the pool of his blood to shoot him many times in the stomach”.
Policemen who came after the assailants have left took the victim’s corpse to the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) morgue in Yenagoa.
The late journalist was reported to have received various threat messages in connection with a failed romantic relationship with an unidentified lady.
Chairman of the Bayelsa chapter of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), John Angese, condemned the killing describing it as a big blow to the journalism family in the state.
He tasked the police to investigate the incident and make the gunmen face the full wrath of the law.
Bayelsa Police Public Relations Officer, Asinim Butswat, confirmed that investigations have begun into the incident.
