The Deputy
Governor of Edo State, Dr. Pius Odubu, on Sunday narrated how he narrowly
escaped death in the hands of suspected assassins in Etsako West Local
Government Area of the state. Odubu, an aspirant under the All Progressives
Congress for the September 10 governorship election, had last Saturday been
reportedly attacked by some armed thugs during his visit to Auchi to meet with
party delegates in the area. The thugs were said to have claimed that they were
mobilised with the sum of one million naira.
Odubu, who had
reportedly been at loggerheads with Governor Adams Oshiomhole over his
ambition, was denied access to the APC secretariat at Fugar, allegedly on the
instruction of a deputy director of protocol at the Government House. The
situation was later said to have angered some delegates who forced the gate
open to enable the deputy governor meet with them (delegates) outside. He was
said to have left for Auchi and was meeting with some delegates when the
suspected thugs suddenly appeared and fired gunshots, leaving several persons
injured, including a policeman and an operative of the Department of State
Security. Odubu was not injured in the attack, the thugs claimed to have been
mobilised with the sum of one million naira.
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