JUST IN: Atiku’s Campaign DG Escapes Assassination Attempt In Rivers [PHOTO]

• Atiku’s campaign DG has escaped an assassination attempt in Rivers State.

• The gunmen stormed the venue of a proposed presidential rally of the party and started shooting sporadically.

• Confirming the incident, Sekibo said his car was riddled with bullets.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that Dr. Abiye Sekibo, the Director-General of the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Council in Rivers State, on Thursday night narrowly escaped an assassination attempt by unknown gunmen.

It was gathered that gunmen dressed in police uniforms opened fire on Sekibo’s vehicle, a Land Cruiser bulletproof jeep at the Rainbow Town in Port Harcourt, where he went to inspect the venue of a proposed presidential rally of the party.

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Confirming the incident at a news briefing Friday, Sekibo said his car was riddled with bullets and the venue of the proposed rally was set on fire, while policemen watched the inferno.

“As we approached the site, those policemen who were watching the inferno opened fire on our vehicle. I looked at the Hilux vehicles, they were police Hilux vehicles attached to the Governor of Rivers State.”

There has been no reaction from the state and police authorities on the alleged attacks on Sekibo.

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This is not the first time Atiku’s supporters in the state would come under attack by gunmen.

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