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Four naval ratings attached to an oil servicing company have been feared killed in an ambush by suspected militants in Nembe creek, Nembe Local Government of Bayelsa State.

A senior employee of the firm and his wife, identified simply as Mercy, were among those reportedly shot by the gunmen.

While Mercy was said to have been killed on the spot, sources said the whereabouts of the ratings and the oil worker were unknown last night.

A security source, who spoke in confidence, described the attack as deadly, saying the gunmen took their victims by surprise.

He said the attack occurred on Tuesday morning at one of the wellheads supplying crude to the Nembe Flow Station, which formerly belonged to the Shell Production Development Company (SPDC).