The Speaker of the Delta State House of
Assembly, Rt. Hon. Victor Ochei, yesterday, at
Obomkpa in Aniocha North Local Government
Area of Delta State, yesterday escaped an
assassination attempt.
Ochei, who was on a routine familiarisation
and thank-you tour of his Aniocha North
Constituency, had barely finished exchanging
pleasantries with his supporters at the Eke
Market square venue, when a loud explosion
and its attendant smoke threw the crowd into
pandemonium.
An eyewitness told Vanguard that the Speaker
had not taken his seat immediately on arrival,
as he was busy exchanging greetings when the
canon, ignited and propelled from the rear
on trajectory to his seat on the front row,
was inhibited by chairs which, even though
were shattered, provided some cushioning
effect.
The explosives were said to have been
wrapped in white satin materials, which
made detection impossible, as the chairs and
tables were also decorated in white materials.
A female aide to one of the Speaker’s
associates had her left ankle badly injured by
locally made canon contraptions which
triggered the explosion. She was immediately
rushed to the Federal Medical Centre,
Asaba, but referred to the Delta State
University Teaching Hospital Oghara
for further medical attention.
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