Militants confessed how they trailled their victim

An ex-Niger Delta militant, Sunny Andie, 27, has confessed to the police in Yenagoa, capital of Bayelsa State, that he participated in the murder of two men in Azikoro community on July 16. 

It was gathered that the victims had been giving informations about the whereabout of the cultists to the police in the state.

The victims, who drove a Toyota Sports Utility Vehicle with registration number, GBJ 154 AA, were shot several times at close range by the bandits, who wore bulletproof vests.

But Andie said that it took the assassins over one month to plan the operation and track their victims.

He said he was invited and paid about N60,000 by the hatchers of the plot who he identified as Gbafare Gold and Ayi Benjamin to monitor the movement of the victims.
said the first planned operation to kill Owodo and Egena would have taken place at a burial in Okoloba in Delta State, but the operation was aborted because Gbafare hailed from the community.

“But when Gbafare arrived in the community he was not happy. I wanted to know why he was not happy and told him that if he carried out the operation innocent people would die because that was his community. I advised him not to carry out the operation and he said that was why he was not happy. He went and met Obaino and convinced them to carry out the operation in Bayelsa State”, he said.

Before the Bayelsa operation, he said the assassins through information he provided for them made some failed attempts to kill their victims in Warri.

He said they had informants in Warri and Government House in Bayelsa State, adding that he was asked to go back to Yenagoa to monitor the victims.

“On the day they were killed, Gbafare called me and asked me to go to Azikoro Road. They said the victims were driving to the area. He later called me to know whether I have seen Orlando and British. Shortly after that a vehicle occupied by Orlando and British passed. In a twinkle, Gbafare and his group passed and in a short while I heard sounds of gunshots that lasted for 10 minutes. After some time, I saw their car leaving the area,” he said.

Immediately after the incident, Andie said he escaped to his village but was arrested following a tip-off by the police.

The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr. Kingsley Omire, told CRIME DIGEST that Gbafare and Obainwho hatched the plot, had been killed.