“We were passing through Enugwu Ukwu junction when they hit us front and back from all sides and as I speak with you Obum, the special aide to Senator Ifeanyi Uba, is dead and about seven security operatives were hit by the assassins bullet and they may have died.”
By Emma Ogbuehi
Senator Ifeanyi Uba escaped death by the whiskers on Sunday when assassins unleashed a barrage of bullets at his convoy.
However, five police escorts in the convoy were not so lucky. They were reportedly killed. One of his aides identified simply as Obum was also reportedly killed.
Senator Ifeanyi Ubah, who represents Anambra South senatorial zone on the platform of the Young Pogressives Party (YPP), was attacked at Nkwo Enugwu Ukwu junction in Njikoka local government area of the state.
An eye witness said the senator was badly shaken in the attack described as an assassination attempt.
The eyewitness said: “Ifeanyi Ubah’s convoy came under attack in Enugwu Ukwu this evening. He was ambushed by heavily armed men who opened fire on his convoy. Some of his aides were killed, including some police officers.
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“The senator managed to escape as his car was riddled with bullets.
“I was driving up to that spot from the link road to the express when some people in a shop shouted at me and asked me to turn back and take another road, which I did.”
Ifeanyi Uba is said to have managed to escape but his bulletproof car was riddled with bullets.
Reacting to the incident, the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, said the Commissioner of Police in Anambra State, Mr. Echeng Echeng, has already led operatives to the scene at Nkwo market, Enugwukwu.
In a statement issued on Sunday night, he said though the details of the incident are still sketchy, operatives are on ground there to monitor the situation.
He said the police would communicate further details as things unfold, adding that the Police remained committed to getting to the root of the matter.
Sen Ifeanyi Ubah’s media aide, Mr. Kameh Ogbonna, said his bullet proof jeep saved his life.
“If not for the bullet proof jeep the Senator was riding in, he would have been dead by now.”
Explaining what happened, Ogbonna said, “This is an attempt on the life of the Senator representing Anambra South Senatorial District, Dr. Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah.
“We were passing Enugwu Ukwu junction when they hit us front and back from all sides and as I speak with you Obum, the special aide to Senator Ifeanyi Uba is dead and about seven security operatives were hit by the assassins bullet and they may have died.”
Senator Ifeanyi Ubah is said to be in an undisclosed hospital where he is being monitored by doctors even though he was not physically hurt.