MEN of the Anti-Bomb Unit of the Delta State Police Command and police finger print experts may be deployed in Ogbobagbene, the country home of the Minister of Niger-Delta Affairs, Elder Peter Orubebe, which was bombed last week by suspected ex-militants, in a bid to track down perpetrators of the act.
A police source told NEWSMEN that the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Mamman Tsafe, was considering the option, but was finding it difficult to move the anti- bomb team and their equipment to the riverside community because of the difficult terrain.
Tsafe declined to reveal his plan when contacted by NEWSMEN on the development, but confirmed that the terrain was difficult.
He said the community was cooperating with the police, but that no arrest had been made. Vanguard learnt that there is no police post in Ogbobagbene.
A member of Delta Waterways Security Committee, DWSC, Warri, who visited the community said: “What is obvious is that the attack on the Minister’s home was carried out by Ijaw boys. The villagers told us when we went there that the boys who came in very fast moving speed boat were speaking Ijaw language.
“They, however, said their Ijaw did not sound like that of those from within the area, but they, certainly, did their homework before coming, as they were shouting the name of the caretaker of the minister’s house, one Goddy, asking him to come out or they will kill him.”
He said, “DWSC had spread its intelligence network for information on the persons behind of this wicked act. You know it is not easy since the boys vanished into thin air after the incident, but we are working on some clues.”
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