“I Thought I Was a Dead Man”: Ohakim Speaks on Deadly Attack
- Ikedi Ohakim has revealed how he nearly lost his life in the hands of some gunmen on Monday, January 2
- According to the former Imo state governor, some of his security entourage were killed in the bloody attack
- Going further, the governor disclosed that he escaped death with the help of God and the bulletproof vehicle
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Following the deadly attack on his convoy, former Imo state governor, Ikedi Ohakim has narrated how the incident happened.
Recall that Legit.ng reported that the former governor escaped death when gunmen rained bullets on his vehicle at Ehime Mbano local government area of Imo state.
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According to the former governor, he was saved by the special grace of God and because of the bulletproof vehicle he drove in, PM News reports.
He said:
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"We were driving between Isiala Mbano and Ehime Mbano. These people blocked us at a place called Umualumaku.
“They attacked us from behind and were firing at our vehicles consistently. I thought I was a dead man and I was with two of my children – my son and daughter.
“What saved me was the bulletproof vehicle. That I am alive today is by the special grace of God and the bulletproof vehicle.”
The former governor lamented that four of the policemen in his convoy, including the driver, were killed by the gunmen, Punch Newspaper added.
He added that the gunmen pursued them and continued firing at the tyres. He said the vehicle has what is called run-flat tyres “on which you can continue driving even after a puncture.
He added:
“But the tyres held on until we got back home. That was the saving grace.”
Ohanaeze Ndigbo calls for arrest, repatriation of Simon Ekpa to Nigeria
Meanwhile, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has asked the federal government to arrest and repatriate Simon Ekpa to Nigeria, saying he is responsible for killings and violence in the southeast.
Ohanaeze, in a statement by the Secretary General of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, and seen by Legit.ng, noted that economic activities and other businesses were paralysed following the alleged invasion of unknown shooters in the southeast.
Ohanaeze said it had identified Ekpa who is based in Finland. as being responsible for current killings in Imo, Enugu and disturbance of public peace, as well as sporadic shootings in Ebonyi state.
Soludo vows to stop sit-at-home in Anambra, calls Simon Ekpa a mad man
On his part, Anambra governor, Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo, recently, vowed to stop the weekly sit-at-home trend in the state that had continued for months.
Soludo, who spoke on the 2022 Public Servants Day, described Ekpa, the organiser of the last sit-at-home, as “a madman in Finland.”
He said it was only in Anambra that the order was not obeyed, adding that the trend will be completely abolished by next year.
Source: Legit.ng
