By Abimbola Ogunnaike
The Director General, Campaign Council of the People Democratic Party (PDP) in River State, Dr. Abiye Sekibo, on Thursday, 9 February, 2023, escaped assassination attempt.
Thegazellenews.com gathered that some unidentified gunmen said to be political thugs, dressed in police uniform, opened fire on the campaign DG’s Land Cruiser bulletproof jeep at Rainbow Town in Port Harcourt on Thursday night.
Sekibo was on his way to the proposed venue of the party’s presidential rally when the gunmen attacked his vehicle.
Sekibo,who confirmed the development to newsmen on Friday, 10 February, 2023, during press briefing, said his car was riddled with bullets and the venue of the proposed rally, set on fire while policemen watched the inferno.
“As we approached the site, those policemen who were watching the fire opened fire on our vehicle. I looked at the Hilux vehicles, they were police Hilux vehicles attached to the Governor of Rivers State,” he told reporters