The Abuja Bureau Chief of the Nigerian Tribune, Dr. Leon Usigbe, was on Tuesday night attacked by armed robbers at the Phase 4 Federal Secretariat junction, Three Arms Zone, in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
The robbers, three in number, attacked and stabbed him in several parts of his body, living him with deep gashes on his right hand and backside.
The Hausa-speaking robbers swooped on him as he alighted from his car to mount a reflective triangle behind just as the engine suddenly went off at the traffic stop and had problems restarting.
They grabbed him by his neck from behind and indiscriminately unleashed sharp objects on his body almost, severing his right thumb.
Drenched in his own blood, he managed to walk to the nearby police post at the Federal Secretariat where some policewomen on duty conveyed him to the State House Medical Centre for treatment.
His wounds were stitched up before being discharged on Wednesday morning.