At least two persons have sustained life threatening
injuries when armed youths attacked Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, representing Delta
Central at the National Assembly, his wife and some top members of the All
Progressives Congress 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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