Karma Agagowei, councillor representing ward 6 in Sagbama council area of Bayelsa state, has been shot dead.
He was said to have died of injuries he sustained while returning from a party functionn in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa capital.
According to NAN, Agagowei was attacked by gunmen along Opolo while on his way back from a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ward congress on Saturday night.
Agagowei was reportedly taken to two different hospitals, Gloryland Hospital and Federal Medical Centre, Yenogoa, but was allegedly denied treatment for lack of a police report.
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He was said to have died shortly afterwards.
Meanwhile, another person, who was with Agagowei at the time of the incident, was attacked with machetes by the hoodlums but fled with his injuries.
Asinim Butswat, spokesperson for the police in Bayelsa, said the command had not been briefed on the incident.
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According to his Facebook page, Agagowei’s last post was a video shared on his timeline on August 17, 2020, in which he marked one year in office by conducting a thank-you tour around the communities in his ward.
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