The Rivers state police command on Thursday exhumed three decomposing bodies from a forest in Bera Community, Gokana local government area who were buried alive by two suspects arrested by operatives of the Anti-cultism unit.
The three victims BARIDOMALE SUNDAY TOR, BARISITON NAWEE, BARIDON GBARABERA were declared missing from the community on the 14th of March 2020 over information passed to security agencies on an illegal oil bunkering taken place in the community.
The information has it that the three victims were buried in one pit with their mouth and hand tired to their back before being buried them alive.
This comes a few days after another decomposing body of a kidnapped computer engineer, Dinebari Ereba Gospel was recovered at a forest in Alesa, Eleme Local Government.
The two suspects one PROPHET and BARIDIDUM DABAMA aka kill and bury, who spoke to journalists at the scene of the crime said they were not directly the killers of the victims but co-workers of the illegal bunkers adding that they have mentioned all those involved.
They said the victims were killed due to the information they gave about the illegal oil bunkering to the security agents.
The spokesman of the Rivers states police command DSP Nnamdi Omoni said the anti-cultism unit of the command through intelligent report arrested the suspects who led the unit to the forest.
Also, member representing Gokana constituency in the house of Assembly, Dumle Mao expressed sadness over the act of the suspects and promised that all those involved would face the law.
Meanwhile, the families of the deceased explained how their brothers were missing in the community, after informing the security agencies of illegal oil bunkering.
