Mr Kameh Ogbonna, Media Assistant to Senator Ifeanyi Ubah, has said that Ubah was only alive because he was inside his bulletproof SUV, he would been killed when suspected gunmen attacked his convoy in Anambra on Sunday.
The Senator representing Anambra South Senatorial District at the National Assembly narrowly escaped death on Sunday evening on Enugu Ukwu Road in the Njikoka local government area of the state as gunmen riddled his vehicle with bullets.
No fewer than six policemen attached to the senator were killed during the attack.
Ogbonna stated in the statement, “If not for the bulletproof Jeep (SUV) the Senator was riding in, he would have been dead by now.
“This is an attempt on the Senator representing Anambra South Senatorial District Dr Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah.
“We were passing Enugwu Ukwu junction when they hit us front and back from all sides and as I speak with you Obum the Special Aide to the senator is dead and about seven security operatives were hit by the assassin’s bullet and they may have died,” he said.
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