Gunmen suspected to be militants of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) held the convoy of Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State hostage on Tuesday.

The incident happened as the attackers disrupted the campaign rally of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) at Odata Secondary School in Ihiala Local Government Area of the State.

“The governor’s convoy was held for about one hour, while there were gunshots all over,” a resident told Daily Trust.

The Police Public Relations Officer in Anambra, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed that there was attack in Ihiala.

In a statement, Ikenga said operatives of Anambra Police Command repelled the attack at Odata.

According to him, exhibits recovered from the attackers were One AK 47 rifle, Two Magazine with 30 rounds of ammunition, One lexus 350 jeep, one Rav 4 jeep, one Mercedes Benz and a Toyota Corolla.

He said preliminary investigation revealed that the hoodlums started shooting sporadically when they arrived Odata Secondary School but security operatives took control.

He said that normalcy has been restored in the area and operations is ongoing for possible arrest of the fleeing gang members.

Reacting to the attack, the Anambra state Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment Mr. C.Don Adunuba, said a combined team of policemen and soldiers repelled the attack.

According to him, gunmen came on various motorcycles and in three vehicles, namely, a Toyota Lexus 350 ES with registration number EKY 765 EX, Toyota RAV4 with number JJJ 434FP and a Ford van whose number could not ascertained at the time of this report because it caught fire during the exchange of bullets between the gunmen and security forces.

​ He said the gunmen, unable to withstand the superior fire power of the security operatives ran into the premises of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, which is directly opposite the campaign ground.

“If the gunmen had not run into the hospital which is a very delicate place to shoot any person, the security men would have gunned all of them down them,” he said.

He said the Anambra State Police Command has requested the people in the area to help look out for people with gunshots and report them.

He also asked hospitals and other health facilities in both Ihiala Local Government Area and neighbouring communities in Imo State to report persons with gunshot injuries.

Meanwhile, Obiano has commended police officers and soldiers who repelled the attack.

Speaking to journalists at Atani in Ogbaru LGA where he led a large crowd of APGA faithful to welcome the APGA governorship candidate in the forthcoming election, Professor Chukwuma Charles Soludo, Obiano described the response of the security men as professional and patriotic.

In the same vein, Soludo, who lost three policemen guarding him when he was attacked on March 31 in his hometown of Isuofia, Aguata local Government Area, while addressing the youth, lauded the security forces for bravery.

​“These security men and women in Anambra State lay down their lives for us and they do their best because of the encouragement they receive from the security-conscious state government, among other factors.”

“We expect more professional exhibition as days go by and the election date approaches.”

https://dailytrust.com/breaking-governors-convoy-held-hostage-as-ipob-militants-disrupt-apga-campaign-in-anambra

OK.

Please I need any NGO organization in Nigeria who can pay for my heart surgery is done for free. Thanks

Interesting

Are the gunmen also men of the DSS? Who is deceiving who?

Hmmm gave help us ,how 2023 election go come be bayiiii?..

APGA Campaign today in Ogbaru

Today


APGA Campaign in Ogbaru local government area

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Very good ... This is a family affair that will be resolved amicably, better than attacking poor pretty traders and private business owners.

Na wa o.

My own is anybody that die for Nigeria politicians died for nothing.

Maxymilliano:
Very good ... This is a family affair that will be resolved amicably, better than attacking poor pretty traders and private business owners.

They keep egging the riff raff terrorists to kill then blame others when blood is all over the place. God will surely hold the propagandists of terrorism to account.

This is local government of Stella Odua that decamped from PDP to APC, her supporters decamped today to APGA, Stella can't even campaign in her LGA


PDP is campaigning in Port Harcourt and Asaba, YPP is campaign in Lagos, APC still confused, Andy Ubah only campaign billboard can be found in Abuja airport, non of his billboard can be found in Anambra, APGA is the only political party campaigning in Anambra

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Superwave16320:
This is happening in Igboland but the fools n lunatics from that regions are after Tinubu while praising the Criminal that Pandora exposed looted Anambra state fund using his 13 year olosho daughter as proxy

This set of fool as problem with Tinubu having foreign account using his cousin Oyetola as proxy but celebrate daredevil crimal Peter Obi for using his olosho daughter as proxy.

Cry cry, obi is like the cocoyam leave, rain drops cannot wait him.

post=106680236:
[s]This is local government of Stella Odua that decamped from PDP to APC, her supporters decamped today to APGA, Stella can't even campaign in her LGA


PDP is campaigning in Port Harcourt and Asaba, YPP is campaign in Lagos, APC still confused, Andy Ubah only campaign billboard can be found in Abuja airport, non of his billboard can be found in Anambra, APGA is the only political party campaigning in Anambra[/s]

We don't care about this nonsense Anambra must burn to the ground

okpalaAnambra:

We don't care about this nonsense Anambra must burn to the ground

Your father's house and lineage will burn to ground before Anambra Anu.



More from Ogbaru lga

Dialogue is the key here...

Igboland is burning...

Superwave16320:
This is happening in Igboland but the fools n lunatics from that regions are after Tinubu while praising the Criminal that Pandora exposed looted Anambra state fund using his 13 year olosho daughter as proxy

This set of fool as problem with Tinubu having foreign account using his cousin Oyetola as proxy but celebrate daredevil crimal Peter Obi for using his olosho daughter as proxy.

Dsss still playing this game?

[quote author=Ikpeyi post=106680803]Dialogue is the key here...

Igboland is burning...[/quotes ]

Dsss will lose this propaganda war

APC wants to rule Anambra by all means necessary but God will not allow them.