…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
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