Senator Ifeanyi Ubah has confirmed the attack on his convoy on Sunday, September 11.
The attack on the Senator representing Anambra South Senatorial Zone left some of his aides dead.
Uba, who is seeking reelection on the ticket of the Young Progressives Party (YPP), confirmed the deaths of some of his personal and security aides during the attack on his convoy.
According to him, they were attacked on Sunday evening, around Nkwo Enugwu Ukwu Market axis of Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra while the lawmaker was on his way to Nnewi his country home.
The armed men suspected to be assasins opened fire on Ubah’s convoy leaving several persons dead.
The senator, who confirmed the unfortunate incident to newsmen on Monday in Awka the state capital, confirmed that the assassins killed his aides identified as Obum Ikechukwu and Goodness Mathias.
He also confirmed that some of his security aides from the Police and Department of State Services, (DSS), were also killed during the attack.
DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) Anambra State Command, also confirmed the incident but did not give the figure of the victims.
‘’The Commissioner of Police, Mr Echeng Echeng visited the scene and there were blood stains at the place, indicative of the fact that the attack was bloody, but to give the number I cannot say anything on that,” he said.
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