{"id":15282,"date":"2025-02-28T09:55:10","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T09:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phmundial.com\/?p=15282"},"modified":"2025-02-28T09:55:10","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T09:55:10","slug":"30-year-old-stoned-to-death-in-bayelsa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deepstrataenergy.com\/phmundial\/2025\/02\/28\/30-year-old-stoned-to-death-in-bayelsa\/","title":{"rendered":"30 Year-old Stoned to Death in Bayelsa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><strong><em>By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A 30-year-old man, Darlington Watson, was brutally killed on Wednesday evening in Agudama-Epie community, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital, amid escalating conflict between two rival cult groups, the Greenlanders and the Bobous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reports indicate that Watson, a member of the Greenlanders, was forcibly removed from a moving tricycle (keke) by members of the opposing group and was subsequently stoned to death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The lingering feud between the two cult groups reportedly stems from a struggle for dominance over the newly established transport terminal in the Igbogene community, on the outskirts of Yenagoa, with multiple casualties recorded in recent clashes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An eyewitness, who requested anonymity for security reasons, recounted that the attack took place around 5:15 p.m. near a Pentecostal church in Agudama-Epie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The assailants fled the scene before law enforcement officers arrived, while the deceased&#8217;s family promptly retrieved his body for burial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bayelsa State Police Public Relations Officer, Musa Mohammed, confirmed the incident, stating that investigations were underway to track down those responsible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also cautioned young people against engaging in cultism and criminal activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to him, the Divisional Police Officer had led a patrol team to the area following reports of the clash, but by the time they arrived, the victim had already succumbed to machete wounds and stoning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa A 30-year-old man, Darlington Watson, was brutally killed on Wednesday evening in Agudama-Epie community, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital, amid escalating conflict between two rival cult groups, the Greenlanders and the Bobous. Reports indicate that Watson, a member of the Greenlanders, was forcibly removed from a moving tricycle (keke) by members of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5973,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deepstrataenergy.com\/phmundial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deepstrataenergy.com\/phmundial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deepstrataenergy.com\/phmundial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deepstrataenergy.com\/phmundial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deepstrataenergy.com\/phmundial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15282"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deepstrataenergy.com\/phmundial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15282\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deepstrataenergy.com\/phmundial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deepstrataenergy.com\/phmundial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deepstrataenergy.com\/phmundial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deepstrataenergy.com\/phmundial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}