No fewer than 10 persons have been reportedly killed in the convoy of the senator representing Anambra South, Senator Ifeanyi Ubah during the attack on the Senator’s convoy on Sunday evening.
It was gathered that the deceased persons have been identified.
However, the Anambra state police command had in a phone call with its spokesperson, DSP Toochukwu Ikenga, denied knowledge of the exact number of persons killed.
Sources privy to the information said that about 10 persons died in what looked like an assassination attempt on the Senator.
The source hinted that Senator Ubah’s Personal treasurer Ikechukwu Odum and personal Assistant Goodness Mathias may have been feared killed.
“Another man killed, who was not in the convoy of the Senator was identified as Onowu Agu-Ukwu Nri. He is said to be a titled chief in neighbouring Nri community, and had just driven to Enugwu-Ukwu to drop someone who visited him, who would be traveling to Lagos this morning, and he was unlucky to be at that point at the time when Senator Ubah was going to be attacked.
“He was driving a big jeep, so the assassins may have thought he was in the same convoy with the senator, and he was gunned down.”
Other people identified to have been killed were six Mobile policemen who were riding in the convoy of the Senator, and a driver, who was said to be driving one of Ubah’s cars.
Another source said that the gunmen riddled every car on Ubah’s convoy with bullet thereby giving an impression it was an attempt to murder the Senator.
“In the confusion yesterday, all the cars were just jamming each other. Since the vehicle the senator was driving in was a bullet proof car, his driver managed to manoeuver out of the damaged cars and drove away, even as it was being shot,” the source narrated.