Former PDP chairman in Bayelsa assassinated

- Mr. Christopher Hobobo who was a chairman of the PDP was killed in his home 
- His assailants attacked him with a knife in his sitting 
- The police promised to arrest the perpetrators 

Mr. Christopher Hobobo who is a former chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa state has been assassinated. The Punch reports Hobobo who served in an acting capacity was killed at his residence located on PDP Road, Yenagoa on Wednesday, May 17. It was reported that the attackers forced the gate to his apartment open before stabbing him to death in his sitting room. Report indicated that the assailants were armed with guns but chose to stab him in order not to make noise. 

Family members and sympathisers thronged to the house of the deceased while the police was also notified and they took his body away. Mr. Desi Tambrebofa and Mr. John Gidi who are members of the victim’s family expressed shock at the manner in which he was killed.