{"id":364603,"date":"2011-04-03T23:12:58","date_gmt":"2011-04-03T23:12:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/03\/botched-polls-jtf-confirms-killing-one-person-in-bayelsa\/"},"modified":"2011-04-03T23:12:58","modified_gmt":"2011-04-03T23:12:58","slug":"botched-polls-jtf-confirms-killing-one-person-in-bayelsa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/03\/botched-polls-jtf-confirms-killing-one-person-in-bayelsa\/","title":{"rendered":"Botched polls: JTF confirms killing one person in Bayelsa"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u00a0By Samuel Oyadongha<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yenagoa -The Joint Task force, JTF, in the Niger Delta, code-named Operation Restore Hope,\u00a0 yesterday, confirmed that its troops in the region, weekend, shot dead one person during an exchange of fire at Ekeremor in Bayelsa State.<\/p>\n

JTF in a statement\u00a0 by the Coordinator, Joint Media Campaign Centre, Lt. Col Timothy Antigha, said its men were deployed\u00a0 to enforce the no movement order and also forestall any breach of security that could affect the conduct of free and fair elections in the state when they came under attack.<\/p>\n

According to him, in the ensuing exchange of fire, the troops shot dead one suspect while others abandoned their boats and escaped.<\/p>\n

The statement said, \u201cIn the early hours of today (Saturday), the Joint Task Force, Operation Restore Hope, deployed to designated areas to enforce the no movement order and also forestall any breach of security that could affect the conduct of free and fair elections in Bayelsa State.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt about 0845 hrs, a JTF gunboat which was deployed to Ekeremor waterside came under fire from unknown people in two speed boats.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the ensuing exchange of fire, JTF troops shot dead one suspect, while the others abandoned theirs boats and escaped.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe JTF believes that the suspects might have been hired by certain people to subvert the electoral process somewhere and that the suspects were enroute their destination when they met the JTF patrol.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cItems recovered from the suspects\u201d according to the JTF include \u201cone speed boat, one 75 Horse Power Yamaha out board engine, one walkie talkie handset,two magazines, three locally made bottle dynamites.\u201d<\/p>\n

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