Yenagoa—The riverside town of Gbaraun in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, has been thrown into mourning following the shooting to death of a nine-year-old girl by armed gunmen suspected to be pirates.
The deceased girl was identified as a pupil of Gbaraun Community Primary School.
The tragic incident which occurred at 2 p.m, Tuesday, led to a protest in the area, leading to the arrest of one person identified as a link between the bandits and their movement to the community.
Though it could not be immediately ascertained where the suspected pirates came from, they were said to have sailed into the Gbaraun from the Ikebiri axis of the creek.
The hoodlums were said to have fired sporadically into the air to scare away the natives before snatching a boat.
According to a source, the deceased was hit by the pirates’ bullet during their shooting in the community.
It was gathered that the arrested suspect was identified as the man that hired the boat for the suspected pirates.
As soon as the boat left Ikebiri community, the suspected pirates allegedly pushed off the boat driver into the sea and brought out guns.
“When we alerted the boat owner, he immediately mobilised boys and apprehended the person that hired the boat on behalf of the suspected pirates,” the source said.
The father of the deceased girl, identified as Ziebidei, said “the pirates shot the nine year old girl to death at Gbaraun in Southern Ijaw area.
“We arrested one suspect and the corpse of my daughter had been deposited at the morgue of the Federal Medical Centre, Yenagoa.”
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