Atiku’s Campaign DG In Rivers- Sekibo, Narrowly Escapes Assassination

…Rally venue sets on ablaze

The Director General of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Presidential Campaign Council in Rivers State, Dr. Abiye Sekibo, on Thursday night in Port Harcourt, narrowly escaped assassination by gunmen that spread volleys of bullets at his car.

It was gathered that the gunmen allegedly dressed in police uniform opened fire on Sekibo’s bullet proof jeep at the popular Rainbow town in Port Harcourt, the Rivers state capital.

Sekibo told journalists in Port Harcourt on Friday at a press conference that his team had gone to inspect the venue of the PDP presidential rally when the attack took place, stressing that his car was riddled with bullets while the venue of the rally was set on fire by some hooligans who ransacked the area and were fully armed.

While confirming the attack, Sekibo said that he was on his way to the proposed venue of the party’s presidential rally when the gunmen attacked his vehicle, adding that his car was riddled with bullets and the venue of the proposed rally, set on fire while policemen watched the inferno.

In his words; “As we approached the site, those policemen who were watching the fire opened fire on our vehicle. I looked at the Hilux vehicles, they were police Hilux vehicles attached to the Governor of Rivers State.”

The Police Command in Rivers State is yet to react to the incident.