{"id":102997,"date":"2023-02-05T18:27:07","date_gmt":"2023-02-05T17:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=102997"},"modified":"2023-02-05T18:27:07","modified_gmt":"2023-02-05T17:27:07","slug":"ex-minister-usani-narrowly-escapes-death-in-c-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/ex-minister-usani-narrowly-escapes-death-in-c-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-minister, Usani, narrowly escapes death in C\/River"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">Usani Usani, former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs and Governorship candidate of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) in Cross River, narrowly escaped being killed by suspected kidnappers on the Calabar-Ikom highway.<\/p>\n<p>Pointblanknews.com reports that two unidentified persons were, however, not lucky as they were killed by the gunmen who shot at their vehicles in a bid to abduct them.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nUsani was said to be on his way to his home town in Nko, Yakurr Local Government Area, alongside the deputy Governorship candidate and others when they were attacked.<\/p>\n<p>The State Commissioner of Police, Sule Balarabe, who confirmed the news, said it occurred between the axis of Akamkpa and Biase Local Government Areas of the state about 4pm on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>He said it started when a white Ford with Registration number AAA 41 AQ was ambushed by the suspected kidnappers, killing the two yet-to-be-identified victims.<\/p>\n<p>The Commissioner further said that three other persons were abducted in the process by the gunmen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe vehicle in which they killed two persons had seven occupants including two police officers, ASP Ibor Bassey and Insp. Ebro Ebri who escaped and called for reinforcement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA tactical Unit was immediately dispatched to the area and three persons have so far been rescued,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>Balarabe said that the rescued persons were members of the PRP who were traveling with the former Minister.<\/p>\n<p>He solicited for useful information to the police by the communities on the Calabar-Ikom highway.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are appealing to all community leaders and traditional rulers to help security agencies by providing us with useful information through our dedicated lines.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese criminals are not spirits, they are human beings who live amongst them, without useful and timely information, it will be very difficult to nip this nefarious activities in the bud,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the attack, Media Aide to the former Minister, Mr David Agabi, said that they escaped by the whiskers.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, \u201cWe were in a convoy, the gunmen started shooting at us around Betem in Biase, my principal\u2019s driver sustained gunshot injuries while the vehicle was riddled with bullets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOther members of our party in the convoy also suffered various degrees of injuries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFour persons were abducted but as I speak to you, only three have regained freedom, one person is still missing, my principal is in good condition.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\"><\/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>Usani Usani, former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs and Governorship candidate of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) in Cross River, narrowly escaped being killed by suspected kidnappers on the Calabar-Ikom&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":102998,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-102997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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