Senator Ovie Omo Agege
At
least two persons have sustained serious injuries after a senator and
his family members were attacked by gunmen suspected to be hired
assassins.
Senator Ovie Omo Agege and his wife have a lot to thank God for as
they narrowly escaped being assassinated after a group of thugs attacked
them on Sunday.
At least two persons have sustained serious injuries after
Omo-Agege, who represents Delta Central at the National Assembly, his
wife and some top members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) were
brutally attacked during an empowerment programme in Effurun, Uvwie
council area of Delta State.
The attack which occurred on Saturday is believed to be an
assassination attempt on the senator when he visited the Effurun Market
located along the popular PTI road during the second phase of his
constituency empowerment programme in Effurun, Ekpan and Ugberikoko
areas of Uvwie.
The incident created panic as market women and motorists left their
vehicles and scampered for safety when the gunmen opened fire on the
senator’s entourage.
Recounting details of the incident, Senator Omo-Agege said, “There
is Igho Majemite. There is Wilson Oki. These are all known thugs in
Uvwie. I don’t know who sent them to assassinate me. But I was lucky
because the bullet grazed through my right ear. If I was not lucky I
would have been dead. Two bullets were shot at me; one was shot by Ayeye
and another bullet was shot at me by Ngozi and also, my brother was
shot.
“Also, we have one of my supporters who was almost killed at
Ekpan market all in the presence of police officers who could not even
effect any arrest. I have taken a first step by filing a report with the
Ekpan Police Division. I have equally spoken with the State
Commissioner of Police.
“I will take it to the highest level. All I seek is that these
undesirable elements who are out to assassinate people are removed from
the system. And I will go to any extent to see to this. You cannot
attempt to kill a sitting Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. I
refuse to read any political motivation to this. I’m not in any way
saying that there is none.
“For those who were beaten and those who were equally shot at,
like me, I can assure them that we will get to the very bottom of it.
Everybody who is involved in this attempted assassination, we will bring
them to face the wrath of the law.”
The Police Commissioner, Mr Zanna Ibrahim, confirmed the attack on
Senator Omo-Agege when contacted on Sunday. Ibrahim added that
preliminary investigation into the incident has commenced.
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