Assassination Attempt :young shall grow boss chief vincent obianodo escapes death

Who would have ever thought of assissanation of such a high profile person.
The hoodlums were said to have
attempted to kill the transporter but were
repelled by his police escort .
The suspected assassins trailed him while
leaving his office and got him close to his
house in FESTAC Town.
The gunmen had fired directly at him, but
his driver was on the alert as he sped off
and the assassins started raining bullets
at his vehicle.
The police escort from Patrol and Guard
unit attached to him was said to have
engaged the hoodlums in a gun duel.
The Area ‘E’ Commander, Mr. Dan Okoro,
who got a distress call, mobilised his men
and stormed the scene.
After the shoot-out, two suspects and
Corporal Chijioke were shot dead.
A police officer who spoke on the
condition of anonymity, told Daily Sun
that it was an assassination attempt.
“Why we believed so, was that the gunmen
fired to kill the man. If it was a kidnap
attempt, the gunmen would not want to
kill him.  The way they fired at the man
showed that they wanted him dead,” he
said.
The state police command’s spokesperson,
Ngozi Braide, said the transporter was
accosted by some gunmen around 22 Road
Festac Town.
“The hoodlums opened fire at him and his
driver was shot dead.  The man was shot
on his hand and a police corporal
attached to him was also killed,” she
said.
According to her, a patrol team that
heard the gunshots raced to the scene and
on sighting the patrol team, the hoodlums
opened fire at the policemen.
Ngozi noted that policemen responded
and the scene was turned to a battlefield.
“When the dust settled, the police shot
dead two of the hoodlums and others
escaped with bullet wounds.
She said the bandits’ Toyota Highlander
Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) was perforated
with bullets, adding that the police
recovered one AK 47, one AK 49 riffles
and eight magazines loaded with
ammunition.
Braide said the gunmen’s motive was still
unknown, noting that, “because we cannot
just narrow it down to assassination,
kidnapping or armed robbery until
investigation is concluded.”
However, the Commissioner of Police,
Umar Manko, has appealed to hospitals
and members of the public to report
anyone with bullet wounds to the nearest
police station.