From: Femi Folaranmi, Yenagoa

The Bayelsa State Police Command has declared that no member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) was killed in Yenagoa over the weekend.

Rather, it said suspected cultists attacked and killed a 30-year-old man, Samuel Collins, who worked as a security operative at the Nigeria Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB).

Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr. Asinim Butswat. in a statement. vowed that the Police would the suspected cultists are arrested and brought to book.

According to him the Police have already obtained useful information and are on the trail of the suspected cultists.

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The statement read in part “The attention of Bayelsa State Police Command has been drawn to an erroneous publication about the dead of one Samuel Collins, who was shot by unknown gunmen at Kpansia Community, Yenagoa.

On 24 June, 2017 at 2130 hours, policemen responded to a distress call of cult activities at Kpansia, Yenagoa. The policemen responded swiftly and on arrival met a young man in a pool of blood.

The young man was later identified as one Samuel Collins ‘m’ 31 years, a third party security operative of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board(NCDMB), Who was undergoing a training programme at Port Harcourt and came to Yenagoa for the holidays.

The deceased was not an NYSC member as erroneously captured in some headlines.

Eyewitness account revealed that the unknown gunmen were cultist, based on their utterances before they shot the victim. We have gathered useful information on the identity of the suspects. Efforts have been intensified to arrest the fleeing suspects. Investigation is ongoing”