Two security operatives attached to the Bayelsa State government coordinated security outfit codenamed ‘ Operations Doo Akpor have been killed in a shootout with some unknown gunmen at Okarki Community in Yenagoa Local Government Area of the State.
The Bayelsa Police Public Relations Officer, Asinim Buswat, said the men were part of a security team stationed on a road used by illegal bunkers who came under heavy fire from the assailants who caught them off guard.
Buswat said although the operatives were able to repel the attack, two officers, a police sergeant and personnel of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC, died from fatal injuries sustained in the firefight, while some unknown gunmen suffered various degrees of gunshot wounds.
The police image maker while calling for useful information to help the command in its investigations, debunked reports that four assault rifles were taken by the hoodlums during the attack.