In Rivers State, it is not just Nyesom Wike and Fubara that is whipping up trouble, there is also the activities of gunmen looking for who to devour.

On Friday night, 4 officials of the Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, were killed by gunmen in Rivers State. 

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The NSCDC officials were ambushed by the gunmen suspected to be sea pirates, in Bakana community in Rivers.

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A resident of the community who spoke on condition of anonymity told reporters in Port Harcourt on Saturday that the incident happened in the early hours of Friday.

The resident said the officers were shot dead by the sea pirates on Bakana River in Degema Local Government Area.

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“Two of the victims who are Muslims have already been buried according to Islamic rites,” the eyewitness added.

When contacted, the spokesman for the NSCDC in Rivers, DSC Olufemi Ayodele, did not admit or deny the killing.

He said the command would issue a statement as more facts unfold.

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