The Rivers State Police Command has issued a statement in response to the alleged assassination attempt on Abiye Sekibo, the Director General of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Council in the state.
The suspects fled the scene when police arrived in response to a distress call, according to the police.
While confirming the attack, the Command stated that suspected thugs were to blame, but added that an investigation had been launched into the matter.
The Rivers Command Police spokesperson, Grace Iringe-Koko said:
There was a distress call to the control room at about 2 am on Friday, 10th February 2023, that Dr Abiye Sekibo was attacked by suspected thugs along Intel in the Rainbow axis of Port-Harcourt.
On the basis of the call, Six patrol teams were immediately mobilized to the scene. By the time the teams arrived, the suspected thugs had fled.
Nonetheless, the teams remained to forestall further destruction. Meanwhile, normalcy has returned, and the Rivers State Commissioner of Police has ordered investigation into the incident.
Unknown gunmen allegedly attempted to assassinate Abiye Sekibo, the Director-General of Atiku Abubakar’s Rivers presidential campaign council, in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.
Sekibo was reportedly attacked on Thursday night while inspecting the site of a proposed Peoples Democratic Party presidential rally.
The assailants were allegedly sponsored by the state Governor, Nyesom Wike, according to a former Minister of Transportation in the Olusegun Obasanjo administration.
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