Bodies of Victims killed for Informing Police about Illegal Oil Refinery Activities, Exhumed in Gokana, Rivers State

The decomposed bodies of three youths from B-Dere in Gokana LGA of Rivers State killed and buried in April have been evacuated by the police.

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Their offense was provided information to the security agencies on the illegal oil refinery activities in the area.

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The decomposed corpses were buried in a grave at a thick forest in Bera, a community in Gokhana local government area.

The youths were declared missing since the 14th of March but today the two of the suspects led the police to the forest and showed them where they buried them.

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The corpses of the victims were identified by relatives during the evacuation.

The family members of the three victims gave their names as Baridomale Tor, Baridon Gbarabera, and Barisiton Nawee, and their decomposed corpses were found tied with a cloth on their mouths and legs.

The suspects who identified themselves as Prophet Nkpe and Baridodum Ndaguma were arrested three days ago.

Spokesman of the Rivers State Police Command Nnamdi Omoni said the arrest of the suspects was made possible by the Anti-Cultism Unit of the Command.

DSP Omoni said the suspects have implicated other members of the illegal oil refinery activities now at large.

He said the police will go after them and ensure they account for their crimes.

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