Abducted Ex-Governor Sylva’s Uncle Murdered, Police Exhume Body

Former Governor Timipre Sylva of Bayelsa

 The Nigerian police today disclosed that Benson Ayerite Eseni, an 87-year old uncle to former Governor Timpre Sylva of Bayelsa State, has been killed and buried in a shallow grave.

Chief Benson Ayerite Adigio-Eseni was seized by men armed with AK-47 rifles from his Okpoama residence in Brass LGA of Bayelsa state on July 28, 2014. An aide to Sylva said the gunmen came in a speed boat around 1am shooting into the air before whisking the man who retired from the army with the rank of a major away..

While briefing reporters at the police headquarters in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State Deputy Commissioner of Police, Bello Ahmed, disclosed the gory findings about the former governor’s uncle's kidnap. He revealed that, following a tip-off, a combined team of security agents and officials from the Ministry of Health had made the gruesome discovery of Mr. Eseni’s body at a border town between Rivers and Bayelsa.

According to him, on getting to Kula village near the border, the team discovered a shallow grave where they
excavated the remains of the late uncle to former Governor Sylva. Mr. Eseni’s corpse was deposited at the Federal Medical Center mortuary in Yenagoa. The police spokesman stated that the body was now in the custody of senior pathologists from the health ministry who are currently conducting tests to determine the cause of the victim’s death.

The police also paraded a 27-year old suspect in the abduction and murder of Mr. Eseni. The suspect hails from Gburutu town in Delta State.