Kogi state government alleges assassination attempt on Governor Yahaya Bello

The Kogi State Government has raised alarm over assassination attempt on the life of Governor Yahaya Bello on Sunday along the Lokoja-Abuja highway, a few kilometres to Abuja, Federal Capital Territory (FCT)

Penpushing reports that Commissioner for Information, Kingsley Fanwo, made this known in a statement in Lokoja adding that the attackers, who were dressed in military uniforms waylaid the Governor’s convoy and started shooting sporadically at his vehicle and other vehicles in the convoy.

‘The Kogi state government wishes to inform the general public that there was an assassination attempt on the governor of the state, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, a few kilometres away from Abuja, on his way to an official engagement from Lokoja’,Fanwo said.

‘The attack occurred at about 4 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 22. The attackers, who were dressed in military uniforms waylaid the governor’s convoy and started shooting sporadically at his vehicle and other vehicles in the convoy. It took the swift intervention of the security personnel attached to the governor to foil the satanic plans of the unknown soldiers’, he alleged.

Penpushing further reports that the commissioner in the statement stated that the attacks were at three different points, noting that the last barricade being around Kwali Federal Capital Territory at about 4.20 p.m.

The commissioner disclosed that the report of those strange attacks had been properly documented at security offices in the state and at the national level for prompt and thorough investigations to avert future occurrences.

“We are not oblivious of the fact that certain elements are bent on painting Kogi unsafe ahead of the governorship poll slated for Nov. 11. As an administration, we will spare nothing to ensure our residents are not subjected to security threats by desperate politicians sponsoring violence and terrorism. We call on residents to remain vigilant and report suspicious movements in the domain to relevant security agencies.”

‘It was the responsibility of the government to ensure security and we want to assure you that the peace we have enjoyed as a state in the last eight years won’t be lost on the altar of violent politics’, Fanwo emphasised

Penpushing also reports that the Commissioner of Police in charge of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Haruna Garba in response to the development said the command has commenced investigations into the alleged attack.

The Governor who is at the tail end of his second term in office, it is recalled suffered a similar alleged assassination attempt in June, which is still being investigated by security operatives as at the time of filing this report.

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