{"id":102299,"date":"2023-01-03T05:25:46","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T04:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=102299"},"modified":"2023-01-03T05:25:46","modified_gmt":"2023-01-03T04:25:46","slug":"ex-imo-governor-ohakim-escapes-assassination-4-police-men-gunned-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/ex-imo-governor-ohakim-escapes-assassination-4-police-men-gunned-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex Imo governor, Ohakim escapes assassination, 4 police men gunned down"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1753952799862630829\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Former governor of Imo State, Chief Ikedi Ohakim, has said he is alive today because of the mercy of God through the instrumentality of bulletproof vehicle.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Ohakim narrowly escaped being killed on Monday evening by gunmen who attacked his convoy at Ehime Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Narrating his ordeal to newsmen, the apparently shaken former governor said in a rather subdued voice that what happened was still like a dream.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He said: \u201cWe were driving between Isiala Mbano and Ehime Mbano. These people blocked us at a place called Umualumaku.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cThey attacked us from behind and were firing at our vehicles consistently. I thought I was a dead man and I was with two of my children \u2013 my son and daughter.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cWhat saved me was the bulletproof vehicle. That I am alive today is by the special grace of God and the bulletproof vehicle.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cBut unfortunately for me they killed four of our boys, including the driver. Yes, we lost four of the boys and I am devastated. How can that be? What crime did they commit?\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Ohakim said even when his own driver managed to escape from the scene, the assailants pursued his vehicle.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Continuing he said: &#8220;They pursued us and continued firing at our tyres. Luckily, the vehicle has what is called run-flat tyres on which you can continue driving even after a puncture. So, even when they shot at the tyres hoping to immobilise us, the vehicle continued moving. If they were ordinary tyres and the vehicle had stopped, they would cornered and finished us.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cBut the tyres held on until we got back home. We drove for about 20 minutes before we got home. That was the saving grace.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cThe driver who manifested tremendous level of driving skill kept manoeuvring until he lost them at a junction when he went right and not knowing where we had gone, they headed the other direction on the road to Umuahia.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cWe then turned and went back to my house. We were there when Imo Government House sent reinforcement from Owerri who brought the corpses of my security people.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Ohakim, who said he saw the assailants said they were not amateurs.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cThis goes beyond the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), I must say. These are professionals, well-trained. They are not ordinary people. They were driving a blue colour BMW 5-series car, brand new. They came to kill me.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Ohakim lamented the worsening security situation in Imo State.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cI don\u2019t know what this is all about. It is becoming terrible. Won\u2019t people come home again? Are we going to stay in Owerri and Abuja permanently without coming back to our communities?\u201d he stated.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former governor of Imo State, Chief Ikedi Ohakim, has said he is alive today because of the mercy of God through the instrumentality of bulletproof vehicle. 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