Charles Soludo, former governor of the Central Bank of
Nigeria (CBN), says the “gun battle” between police officers and gunmen lasted
for “more than 15 minutes” when he was attacked on Wednesday.
Recall that Soludo was attacked by gunmen at
an interactive town hall meeting in Isuofia, Aguata LGA of Anambra state.
Three police officers providing security for him were killed
in the attack, while Emeka Ezenwanne, the Anambra commissioner for public
utilities, was abducted.
Speaking on Politics Today, a Channels Television programme,
the former CBN governor said he started hearing gunshots when he was about to
round off his speech.
The former CBN governor said he thought it was the police
officers that were shooting into the air when the gun battle started.
Soludo added that everyone at the meeting scampered for
safety while the incident lasted.
He said they later met the bodies of three police officers
in a pool of their blood.
“Just as I was about to wrap up, I said, finally, for them
to open up for comments, questions, and answers. Gunshot! At first, I thought
maybe the policemen were shooting in the air, concurring with the kind of exuberance
in the hall itself,” Soludo said on Thursday.
“Until I began to hear people screaming and all of that and
everybody began to scamper for safety. Then, it took several minutes, more than
ten, fifteen minutes of continuous gun battle going back and forth and stopping
and starting again.
“By the time we all came back, we saw three bodies laying in
the pool of their blood. They were the three policemen. May God grant their
souls eternal rest.”
Soludo said he will be shocked if it turns out that the
attack was politically motivated.
In February, he had declared his intention to run for the
governorship of Anambra state.
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