Ohanaeze Ndigbo Secretary-General, Okechukwu Isiguzoro has
claimed that he escaped an assassination attempt.
Isiguzoro, who belongs to a faction of the organisation,
said the incident happened along the Enugu-Port Harcourt expressway on Friday
evening.
The Ohanaeze Secretary-General disclosed that while
travelling for the funeral of the late Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,
governorship candidate in Abia State, Uche Ikonne, the assassins accosted his
vehicle and were shooting at it.
Isiguzoro claimed the unknown gunmen, however, stopped on
approaching a military checkpoint around Isiaku junction.
He urged those behind the attempt on his life to desist.
He said: “I was travelling for the funeral of the
late PDP governorship candidate in Abia State, Ikonne; I was travelling from
Ebonyi to Abia and around a place called Isiagu, a Camry car was chasing my
vehicle, but my driver sped off.
“On the course of the chase, my car was shot at around
Isiagu junction along Enugu-Port Harcourt expressway; we ran into a military
checkpoint consisting of a joint team; they were alerted, and the Camry swerved
and returned to the local route. We reported the incident to the security
agents and continued our movement to Abia State.
“The attempted attack sent a lot of panic into my being; I
don’t know who they were or why they were after me – irrespective of the panic
they created, I have no fear because I believe in God.
“The world should know that I escaped an attempted
assassination and I don’t have any personal quarrel with anybody. What we are
doing is to continue telling the Igbo the truth, saying things that would
ensure our people are not politically or economically cut off from Nigeria.
“We will continue to shout when things are against the Igbo
nation, and those not comfortable with it should not resort to gangsterism,
kidnapping or shooting of people or trying to assassinate the known voice of
the Igbo nation.”
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