Ubah said in a statement made by his media assistant, Kameh Ogbonna, that he escaped the terror thanks to the bulletproof vehicle.
By Jeffrey Agbo
Senator Ifeanyi Ubah (YPP, Anambra South) has said that he escaped death by whiskers on Sunday evening because he was riding on a bulletproof vehicle.
The lawmaker’s convoy came under attack at Enugwu Ukwu community in Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State.
Ubah said in a statement made by his media assistant, Kameh Ogbonna, that he escaped the terror thanks to the bulletproof vehicle.
“If not for the bulletproof jeep the senator was ridding in, he would have been dead by now.
“We were passing Enugwu Ukwu junction when they hit us from all sides and as I speak with you Obum, the special aide to the senator is dead.
“About seven security operatives were hit by the assassins bullet,” he stated.
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Governor Charles Soludo has condemned the attack on Ubah’s convoy.
Soludo described the attack as the “last ditched-effort of a sinking boat” by criminal elements in the state.
He reassured the people that all security agencies were on full alert to fish out the perpetrators of the henious attack who would be made to face the full wrath of the law.
Soludo commiserated with Ubah and the families of his aides killed as well as the state commissioner of police, for the policemen who also lost their lives.
Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in Anambra, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, said that the Commissioner of Police, Echeng Echeng had already led operatives to the scene of the attack around Nkwo Enugwu Ukwu market area.
He said that details would be communicated to the public.
