Burutu Insecurity: Nigeria Police Kill Four Suspected Notorious Sea Pirates Terrorising Delta And Bayelsa Creeks

Burutu Insecurity: Nigeria Police Kill Four Suspected Notorious Sea Pirates Terrorising Delta And Bayelsa Creeks

Francis Tayor

Warri_____ At least four suspected sea pirates have been shot dead by operatives of the Delta State Police Command.
The gunmen, who have been terrorizing residents of Burutu and neighbouring communities along the Delta creeks sharing boundary with Bayelsa state. The pirates were ambushed by the police crack team on Wednesday 18th December, 2019.

The State Police Command through the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Onome Onovwakpoyeya, confirmed the killing of the four unidentified gunmen. Onovwakpoyeya, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), disclosed that one of the gang members escaped with bullet wounds.
“Five of them were shot but four were gunned down. But one escaped with bullet wounds. Then the other four were rushed to the hospital. On the way, they died. They were unidentified pirates.”

It will interest you to note that, the suspected sea pirates were returning from an operation where they had ambushed passenger boats and dispossessed the occupants of their belongings before meeting their waterloo.

It was further gathered that a police crack team attached to the Delta State Government Waterways Security who were on patrol in the area were responsible for the killing of the hoodlums.
Over ten riverine communities along the Ramos River had been reportedly terrorized by the suspected pirates, who apart from stealing and kidnapping, rape their women.