Senator Ifeanyi Ubah gives thanks to God
Sen. Ifeanyi Ubah (YPP-Anambra South) has finally made a public appearance a day after his convoy was attacked by unknown gunmen who shot and killed two of his aides and other security personnel attached to him.
He thanked God for saving him but was expressed sadness over the loss of lives.
Hours after the Sunday attack, many people had feared for his life after he narrowly escaped in his bullet proof vehicle.
But the senator made a public appearance on Monday in Awka where he confirmed the deaths of some of his personal and security aides during the Sunday attack on his convoy.
Ubah’s convoy was attacked around Nkwo Enugwu Ukwu Market axis of Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra on its way to Nnewi his country home on Sunday night.
The gunmen opened fire on the convoy and left many members of the convoy dead including other persons at the scene of the incident.
The senator, who confirmed the incident to newsmen said the assassins killed one Obum Ikechukwu and Goodness Mathias, adding that some of his security aides from the Police and Department of State Services were also killed.
DSP Toochukwu Ikenga, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) Anambra State Command, confirmed the incident but did not give the figure of the victims.
He said: ‘’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.’’
