Dickson urges security agents to fish out killers of Miyetti Allah leader

The Bayelsa State Government has condemned the killing of the Chairman of Miyetti Allah in the state, Alhaji Jibril Abdulkarim.
It was gathered that Abdukareem was killed Saturday afternoon along the Bayelsa Palm Road alongside three of his employees.

Eye witness account said the four victims were killed within the premises of late Abdulkarim’s private abattoir.
“The armed men invaded the place this afternoon and shot him. He is a very friendly person and indeed a household name because he is the highest supplier of cows in Bayelsa.

“The gunmen also turned to his boys and killed three of them. It is sad development,” the source said at the weekend.
Meanwhile, Governor Dickson has called on the Police, the Department of State Service and other security agencies to apprehend the killers
of a prominent cattle dealer, Alhaji Jibril Abdulkarim, and three of his aides.

The Chief of Staff, Government House, Rt. Hon. Talford Ongolo, who represented the Governor in a visit to commiserate with the families of the deceased on Sunday, gave the directive even as he condemned the reprehensible act.
Ongolo assured the families of the determination of the state government to collaborate with the security agencies to ensure that those behind the heinous acts are arrested and brought to justice.

The deceased cattle dealer was until his death, a member of the State Committee for the Management and Control of Ranches, and Chairman Cattle Breeders Association (CBA) in the state.

Ongolo who was accompanied by top government officials and security chiefs in the state described Jibril as a peace loving, law abiding and easy going businessman who was a friend to all including the government.
” ‎I want to on behalf of His Excellency, Governor Seriake Dickson, and the Government of Bayelsa State sympathize with you all over this sudden loss. As a government we condemn it and we shall work closely with the security agencies to apprehend the criminals who committed these unacceptable acts in order to bring them to book.

“Alhaji Jibril was a good man; he was very easy going. He worked closely with our government to promote peace and unity among all. He was never caught violating ‎any law and we are indeed shocked to hear of his gruesome murder alongside some of his boys,” Ongolo said.

The Chief of Staff warned that the state government would not tolerate crime and crime criminality stressing that the criminals behind the death of Jibril and his workers shall not go free.
Ongolo gave the assurance that despite the pockets of criminal activities perpetrated by a few misguided elements, Bayelsa remains one of the safest states in Nigeria to live and do business.

He urged the security agencies not to relent until the perpetrators behind the killing of innocent people are apprehended and made to face the law.
It would be recalled that in the heat of clashes between herdsmen and farmers across the country over grazing land, Governor Dickson had given out the Bayelsa Palm Plantation to the cattle rearers in the state to graze their cattle, a move he said would stave off clashes between the locals and the herdsmen.

However, the governor’s gesture was greeted with criticisms from many quarters in the state who argued that the gesture was an invitation to the herdsmen to occupy the state and unleash mayhem on residents of the state.

From Chris Eze, Yenagoa