Unknown assailants on Sunday morning killed one youth, identified as Adams Idema, while three others were injured at Anyu community in Abua/Odual local government area of Rivers State.
Anyu, a border community linking Rivers State and communities in Ogbia local government area of Bayelsa State has been engulfed in communal crisis since 2011 as a result of chieftaincy dispute between major ruling houses in the community.
The victim, Idema was said to have been hit with sticks by the hoodlums who went round the community for over an hour, attacking perceived enemies and destroying properties with clubs and machetes.
It was gathered that the youths, who numbered about seventeen also injured two other youths whose names were given as Kalemugh Idema and Iipedio Sokari Lambert.
A resident of the community said the incident occurred around 11am on Sunday, pointing out that the victim died at the Federal Medical Centre, Yenegoa in Bayelsa State while one of the injured youths is in a critical condition in another hospital.
One of the injured youth who spoke to newsmen on the condition of anonymity said he was preparing to return to Port Harcourt after participating in the Saturday Governorship and House of Assembly elections when the youths attacked him, smashed his car and left him unconscious.
He said, “I had already packed my things to return to Port Harcourt but I decided to eat at a restaurant before leaving. I was there with the other victims when they came and said, look at some of them, look at some of them and before we could do anything they attacked.
“We were rushed to the hospital but one of the victims died. They also destroyed my Toyota Carina E class car. I don’t think this is political because the elections were peaceful, I think it is more of the crisis in my community because this is not the first time I being attacked by these same boys.”
The Police in the state was yet to confirm the incident as at the time of filing this report.
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