A boat operator has been reported killed after an after an attack on Thursday, along the Brass water ways. This is coming less than 24 hours after gunmen attacked a boat on the same axis.
The victim of the latest attack is the former Chairman of the Akassa Unit of the Nigeria Maritime Workers Union simply identified as Suku.
The Chairman of the Bayelsa state chapter of the Nigeria Maritime Workers Union Mr Lloyd Sese who confirmed the incident said that frequent attacks by pirates had adversely affected socio-economic activities in the coastal communities in Bayelsa.
He described the death of the former union leader as regrettable and a painful loss to the labour movement in Bayelsa.
He called on security agencies to intensify security patrol on the waterways as the menace is on the increase
It was gathered that the suspected pirates attacked the passenger boat heading to Yenagoa from Akassa in Brass along Okobotuo, Lagos camp at about 6:30 , Thursday morning.
Community sources who witnessed the incident from a distance said that the suspected pirates who had shot sporadically to scare the passengers left the scene without robbing the passengers after noticing that someone has been shot dead.
It will be recalled that Bayelsa Police Commisioner had on Wednesday assured that the Command had taken steps to ensure the safety of citizens following directives from the Inspector General of Police over freqent deaths from armed attacks in the past few weeks.
