LIB reported that the m8rder of the victims could be linked to the crisis in Kalaba community over their refusal to concede to the setting up of a refinery in the area.
The state Commissioner of Police, Francis Idu, disclosed this to journalists during an interactive session in Yenagoa on Monday, May 5, 2025.
The CP said that the suspects, Gideon Atama, 32, Bethlehem Nwanlia, 49 and Clever Ovo, 33, allegedly committed the crime in 2022.
Idu disclosed that while one of the suspects, identified as Perekebi Nwanlia, was deceased, both Atama and Bethlehem Nwalia were still at large, but Clever Ovo is in police custody.
According to him, Ovo has confessed that they were members of the notorious Endurance Amagbein gang whose leader, Endurance Amagbein, has since been declared wanted by the Nigerian Army over the alleged k!lling of 16 soldiers at Okuama community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State in 2024.
Idu said Gideon Atama was arrested with a mobile phone while dressed in army camouflage uniform and well-kitted like a soldier.
“But upon a close check on the phone, pictures of assorted rifles and voice notes of their previous operations were unravelled. They also went further to mention sponsors in the vandalisation of installations and facilities in the region,” the police boss added