The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, escaped suspected assassination attempt, Tuesday.
The
attempt, according to Uche Anichukwu, the deputy senate president’s
spokesperson, occurred at about 10:00am between Apo Flyover and Dantata
Construction Company’s yard, close to the Old Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)
Headquarters junction on his way to work.
The
suspected assassins, who Mr. Anichukwu said operated in a tinted white-coloured
Mercedez Benz AMG E63 without a plate number, were reportedly chauffeured by a
long-bearded light skinned foreigner, apparently a mercenary.
The
spokesperson continued,”The vehicle, which was positioned by the Apo Bridge, on
noticing that the Deputy President of the Senate’s convoy took the right turn
to join the Nnamdi Azikiwe Expressway instead, made a turn. The occupants
attempted to attack the convoy, but were blocked. The driver violently broke
into the convoy and they made several frantic attempts to attack the Senator’s
official car.
”When
charged at by the security operatives attached to the Deputy President of the
Senate, the Benz driver made a U-turn, and partially smashed an oncoming
vehicle on the opposite lane of the highway and escaped.
”The
development has already been reported to the security agencies.”
-Premium Times
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