Senate Orders Police, DSS To Probe Gunmen Attack On Senator Ifeanyi Ubah

Identities Of Persons Killed During Attack On Ifeanyi Ubah’s Convoy Revealed

by Victor Ndubuisi
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The victims of the attack on Senator Ifeanyi Ubah’s convoy, who represents Anambra South Senatorial District in the National Assembly, have been identified.

According to an earlier report by Anaedoonline.ng, unidentified gunmen ambushed the lawmaker’s convoy on Sunday in the hamlet of Enugwu Ukwu in the state’s Njikoka Local Government Area.

According to reports, the businessman’s security and aides were among those murdered and injured in the devastating attack.

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The politician, however, was able to flee unharmed thanks to his armoured vehicle.

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An assassination attempt on the congressman was characterized as the motive for the attack, which left roughly 10 people dead, according to a source who spoke with TVC news.

The source claimed that Senator Ubah had lost both his most dependable aide and personal treasurer, Ikechukwu Odum, and his personal assistant, Goodness Mathias.

Onowu Agu-Ukwu Nri, a bystander who wasn’t in the senator’s convoy, was also struck by the bullet.

Six mobile police officers who were traveling in the senator’s convoy as well as the driver of one of Ubah’s cars were also killed.

The source said: “Senator Ifeanyi Ubah lost his personal treasurer, Mr Ikechukwu Odum who is his most trusted aide. He also lost his personal assistant, Mr Goodness Mathias.

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“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 the neighbouring Nri community and had just driven to Enugwu-Ukwu to drop someone who visited him, who would be travelling 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.”

The source added: “In the confusion yesterday, all the cars were just jamming each other. Since the vehicle the senator was driving in was a bulletproof car, his driver managed to manoeuvre out of the damaged cars and drove away, even as it was being shot.“

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