Local Newspaper Reports Death of Baker Hughes Exec

The following report is from the Port Harcourt newspaper, The Tide's online edition:

Police in Rivers State have commenced intensive investigation to unravel the identity of two gunmen who killed a whiteman suspected to be an American in Port Harcourt, yesterday.

The State Police Commissioner, Mr Sunday Adetuyi, said this while speaking in an interview with newsmen at Government House, Port Harcourt, few hours after the incident.

The Tide gathered that the man who was simply identified as Ricky, was shot on his way to work, around “Mothercat” in the Trans Amadi Industrial Area of Port Harcourt.

Mothercat is a major intersection in the expansive industrial estate, and is known for its heavy traffic in the morning rush hours.

According to our source, the two gunmen who were riding on a motor-cycle trailed close to the side of the car where he was seated, when he got to “Mothercat” short him dead and escaped with their motor-cycle.

Mr Ricky was said to be a manager with Baker and Hughes, an oil service company located in the Trans-Amadi Industrial Area.