Moeba, who is an ally of PDP presidential candidate, Atiku said he escaped the attack because he was out of the house
By Kehinde Okeowo
Former Rivers State senator,
Lee Maeba, has said prior to the attack on his home, someone had told him about it, but he waved it away.
Maeba whose Port Harcourt residence was attacked on Thursday
is an ally of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar.
Some suspected thugs numbering about 30 had attacked the residence of the former Rivers South East Senator destroying about 5 cars in his compound.
Reacting to the attack, Maeba said the attackers were frantically searching and demanding for him when they arrived.
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He also said he escaped the attack because he went out to see his mother in law.
He said “A young man called me with a number that I don’t know and told me that I have done him a favour before but that I should be careful if I’m at home. That they have an instruction from some quarters to attack my house and attack me and I dismissed that I have no problem with anybody.
“I drove out with my security personnel to see my mother-in-law. As I just entered my mother in-law’s house the next thing my phone was ringing, my nephew just picked up the phone and said our house is under attack.
“They shot at the gate and forced it open. They climbed the second gate and tied up the security man took his phone and entered the compound and were shouting where is he, one bullet will solve this Atiku problem and my senior brother was standing there and they descended on him”.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police in Rivers State, Effiong Okon said investigation into the matter has commenced. He also assured that he will personally visit the scene.
