A former Minister of State for
Health, Chief Arc. Gabriel Aduku, has escaped assassination attempt as some
gunmen numbering six invaded his house in Anyigba.
According to a statement issued
on Thursday by the Secretary-General, Kogi East Elders’ Council (KEEC) Mr.
Alphonsus Alhassan and made available to newsmen in Lokoja, it was alleged
that, “by evening of December 18, 2017, Chief Arc. Gabriel Aduku, who is the
Deputy Chairman of the Kogi East Elders’ Council (KEEC) was accosted and
man-handled at his residence in Anyigba, Kogi State.
“The hoodlums in their twenties
were six in number and were uniformed. Three stayed outside while two of them
masked entered his sitting room through his kitchen.
“One of them carried a pump
action rifle while the other two had pistols which they pointed at his head and
informed him they were sent from Abuja to pick him for questioning.
“He refused to follow them even
as they physically tried to bundle him out as he insisted he would rather die
within his compound if need be.”
He noted that they broke down two
bedroom doors, seized his telephone sets, those of his aide and other valuables
to make it appear like a robbery attack.
“We want to state that the
signature of the perpetrators of this crime is not unambiguous.
“We have a very good idea of
those behind the shameless and cowardly act. That the attack came a few weeks
after the Kogi East Elders’ Council addressed a press conference in Abuja which
was replied by a group who were so cowardly that they neither included their
names and addresses in the rejoinder which they published in three national
newspapers is a pointer.
“It is obvious that since the
hoodlums and their pay masters could not controvert the facts and kernel of our
press conference which centred on the unmitigated mis governance of Kogi State,
rather than tow the path of moral rectitude, they have resorted to crude
intimidation of elders old enough to be their fathers and grandfathers,” the
statement added.
He added that no member of the
Kogi East Elders’ Council appointed himself or herself. He said they did not
even come together on their own will to form the Council, stressing that every
single member was appointed in recognition of his or her antecedents and have
been discharging this task of sacrificially for the good of Kogi East
Senatorial District.
“We will, therefore, not be
intimidated or cowered by mannerless hoodlums whose stock-in-trade is
gangsterism and terrorism,” he noted.
Similarly, the Kogi State
Chairman of Christians Association of Nigeria (CAN), Bishop John Ibenu also
escaped assassination attempt on his life as some unknown gunmen riddled his
car with bullets.
Narrating the incident to newsmen
in Lokoja, Bishop John Ibenu who is presently the Kogi State Chairman of
Christian Association of Nigeria said he was on his way from his village in
Kogi East at about 5.30pm on Sunday when 7 suspected Fulani men along Ojodu in
Ofu local government area rushed out of the bush and opened fire on his
vehicle.
He noted that the 4 of the Fulani
men rushed out from the bush and in an attempt to make u-turn, another 3
suspected Fulani men appeared from the bush and open gunfire on his vehicle.
He stated that they did not mask
but were fully armed with AK47, but with God grace he was able to manage to
escape.
He called on the state governor
to intensify more effort in curbing criminal activities in the state.
According to him within a space
of one week, series of kidnapping incidents were recorded along Lokoja-Ajaokuta
road and other places in the state.
When contacted, the Kogi state
Public Relations Officer, ASP William Aya confirmed that some hoodlums invaded
the residence of Chief Gabrael Aduku, adding that the command is on the trail
of the hoodlums but said he would not volunteer more information so as not to
jeopardize investigations.
On CAN chairman’s assassination
attempt Aya, Aya said no incident of such has been reported since the beginning
of the year.
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