Tension In Imo as APC Senator Narrowly Escapes Assassination

• Gunmen attacked the residence of the Senator representing the Imo-North senatorial district (Okigwe zone), Patrick Ndubueze
• The All Progressives Congress (APC) senator narrowly being assassinated on Monday, February 12.
• While Ndubieze escaped unharmed during the attack, one of the policemen assigned to him was fatally shot.

Legit.ng journalist Adekunle Dada has over 5 years of experience covering metro and government policy.

Okigwe, Imo state - The Senator representing the Imo-North senatorial district (Okigwe zone), Patrick Ndubueze, narrowly escaped being assassinated by gunmen.

According to The Nation, a source close to the senator said the gunmen killed one of Ndubueze’s orderlies.

The gunmen reportedly stormed the senator’s residence during the early hours of Monday, February 12.

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He said:

“The news of Senator Patrick Ndubueze being attacked is true. They stormed his residence at Umualumoke and killed a policeman working for him.

“They invaded his house and one of his policemen was gunned down in the process. It could be the same set of hoodlums that also ambushed the Correctional Service in Okigwe and set prisoners free after killing a police inspector and abducting the officer in charge of the centre.”

The source said Okigwe has become a war zone and people live in total fear as the security agencies are not doing enough to combat crimes.

According to the source, most youths have run away from Okigwe for fear of being killed.

The state police spokesman, Henry Okoye, who disclosed this said the state commissioner of police, Aboki Danjuma has set up a tactical team to go after the attackers.

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Legit.ng earlier reported that gunmen attacked the Correctional Service Farm Settlements, Umualomokein Okigwe in Imo state, killed a police inspector and released seven inmates.

The state police spokesman, Henry Okoye, who disclosed this in a statement blamed the Eastern Security Network (ESN), the paramilitary organization of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) operatives for the attack.

The Commissioner of Police, Danjuma Aboki, who visited the scene ordered the immediate deployment of the Command’s Special Tactical Squad to hunt down the suspected IPOB/ESN operatives.

Source: Legit.ng