…2  APC  members  wounded

Governor Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers State, yesterday narrowly  escaped  death, when gunmen attacked his convoy   at  Rumuolumeni area of  Obio/Akpor Local Government  Area of  the state.
It was gathered that several gunshots were fired  at the governor’s convoy, by  some hoodlums, who also used other weapons such as  bottles and stones.
According to a source,   the gunshots were  targeted at the governor but he  escaped unhurt due to the gallantry of   security men attached to him.
However, two members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the entourage were not so lucky, as they  were seriously injured in the process. Checks by Daily Sun revealed  that the governor was leaving Rumuolumeni, where  he  went  for  a door-to-door campaign,   when some suspected  thugs started making bonfire on the road to prevent him from leaving the community.
Reacting to the  incident in a press statement issued in Port Harcourt yesterday evening,  the state Commissioner for Information and Communications, Mrs. Ibim Semenitari,  said  the attack  was in keeping with the alleged  plans  by some politicians  in the state, to attack and assassinate  some APC chieftains and members.
According to the Commissioner, some  thugs, suspected to  be members of the  Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ambushed the governor’s convoy,  in Rumuolumeni.
The statement read in part: “Obio/Akpor is the home Local Government Area of Nyesom Ezebunwo Wike, governorship candidate of the PDP.  The thugs were repelled by the governor’s  security personnel. However, the PDP in Rivers state has concluded plans to launch house-to-house attack on  APC chieftains in the state, with the aid of security personnel.



“The APC wishes to draw the attention of the police and other security agents to this unwholesome development on the eve of the election,  scheduled for March 28.  It is more worrisome, seeing that a few days ago,  a team of security personnel visited Governor Amaechi’s hometown,  to carry out a reconnaissance. The visit coincided with authoritative information that Governor Amaechi had been marked for assassination by a combined team of the army and State Security Service personnel.
The Rivers State Government wishes to remind our security agencies, that they owe their allegiance first of all,  to Nigeria and to its people. They, therefore must remember that they owe every Nigerian a duty of protection, regardless of the person’s religious, political or social affiliation.”
When Daily Sun  contacted the  Rivers State  Police Command Public Relations  Officer, Mr. Ahmad Muhammd, a Deputy Superintendent of Police(DSP), said  he was still making  some contacts, in respect of the  attack.
Recall that Governor Amaechi recently raised the alarm, over his safety