How Rivers State
Governor Rotimi Amaechi narrowly escaped death yesterday by whiskers has emerged.
Amaechi who escaped unhurt in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area on
Thursday when gunmen, suspected to be political thugs, fired shots at his
convoy gave glory to God for saving his life.
Two members of the
All Progressives Congress were however unlucky as they were seriously injured
in the incident, which happened at about 6pm on Thursday.
The governor
was on a door-to-door ward campaign of the area.
An SMS sent to our
correspondent by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. David Iyofor,
indicated that the attackers made bonfire along a major road in the
area to prevent the governor from leaving.
The SMS read,
“This evening, gunshots were fired at the convoy of Rivers State Governor
Rotimi Amaechi at Rumuolumeni, Obio/Akpor LGA by PDP thugs.
“Obio/Akpor is the
home of the PDP governorship candidate in the state, Nyesom Wike. The thugs
attacked the governor’s convoy and his entourage with bottles, stones and other
dangerous objects. Then gunshots were fired at the convoy.
“When the governor
was leaving the community, bonfire was set up on the road to prevent him from
leaving. More gunshots were fired at his convoy. Amaechi was on door-to-door
ward campaign in the state.”
The Greater
Together Campaign Organization, a team in charge of the APC candidate, Dakuku
Peterside’s governorship campaign, described the attack on the convoy as part
of the plan to assassinate chieftains and members of the APC.
The Director of
the campaign organization, Mrs. Ibim Semenitari, said in a
statement in Port Harcourt that the thugs were repelled
by the governor’s security personnel.
Semenitari
lamented that the situation in the state had become worrisome considering that
a group of security operatives had gone to the governor’s home town to carry
out a secret investigation.
The statement read
in part, “In keeping with their plans to attack and assassinate chieftains and
members of the APC, thugs of the PDPambushed the convoy of Governor Amaechi,
who was on a door-to-door campaign in Rumuolumeni, Obio/Akpor, Rivers State.
“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.”
When contacted,
the state Police Public Relations Officer, Ahmad Mohammad, told our
correspondent that he was still trying to reach out to the Divisional Police
Officer in Obio/Akpor to ascertain the veracity of the claim that the
governor’s convoy was attacked.
Mohammad promised
to react to the matter as soon as he got any response from the DPO in
Obio/Akpor but he had yet to keep the promise as of 9pm on
Thursday.
Also in Edo State,
the government on Thursday alleged deployment of armed soldiers in the country
home of Governor Adams Oshiomhole in Iyamoh Etsakor
West LGA.
A statement by the
state Commissioner for Information and Orientation,
Louis Odion, said the presence of the soldiers was to “intimidate the governor
on election day.”
The statement read
in part, “Family members of the governor were shocked to find his
country home taken over by soldiers this(Thursday) afternoon. When asked, the
invading force said they were acting on orders from above.
“We also have it
on good authority that the Army high command in Abuja had sent some soldiers to
Edo State on what they described as ‘special operations’.
“In order not to
arouse suspicion, these soldiers were told to dress in suits and pose as SSS
operatives and station them at polling units on election day, particularly in
areas seen as APC strongholds.”
How Rivers Governor escaped death in the hands of political urchins
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Friday, March 27, 2015
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