Suspected political thugs attacked the residence of a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party in Bayelsa State, Chief Diekivie Ikiogha, in the Kpansia area of Yenagoa, the state capital.
They were said to have thrown an explosive believed to be dynamite into the building around 2 am.
Similarly, two unidentified persons were also reported to have sustained gunshot wounds after they were attacked and shot at by yet-to-be-identified thugs within the Opolo axis of the state capital.
No one was injured in the incident at Ikiogha’s house, but the window panes near the spot where the explosive landed inside the compound were affected.
Newsmen who visited the scene, observed a hole on the ground as well as broken window panes, reportedly caused by the impact of the explosive.
Some residents of the area said they heard a loud explosion from the compound.
“I heard a big explosion from this building around 2am last night. But I don’t know what caused it,” a resident said.
Punch / Arafat Ayofe
