{"id":92735,"date":"2022-03-12T17:17:54","date_gmt":"2022-03-12T16:17:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=92735"},"modified":"2022-03-12T17:17:54","modified_gmt":"2022-03-12T16:17:54","slug":"armed-men-attack-home-of-ebonyi-former-commissioner-who-is-gov-umahis-staunch-critic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/armed-men-attack-home-of-ebonyi-former-commissioner-who-is-gov-umahis-staunch-critic\/","title":{"rendered":"Armed men attack home of Ebonyi former Commissioner who is Gov Umahi\u2019s staunch critic\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1727091124346513462\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some unidentified gunmen have launched an attack on the Abakaliki home of Chief Abia Onyike, a former commissioner for information in Ebonyi State and staunch critic of Governor Dave Umahi, Pointblanknews.com reports.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nThe gunmen witnesses said, stormed Onyike\u2019s home located at No 1 Abia Onyike Close, Off Onwe Road early Friday morning and began shooting sporadically into into the house, leaving shattered windows and perforated walls.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">When contacted, Onyike who confirmed the attack said that his house came under heavy bombardments and shootings, shattering the glass windows and causing damages to sections of his one storey duplex.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The former commissioner who recently praised a high court decision sacking Governor Umahi and the deputy governor of the state, Kelechi Igwe, as \u201cthe greatest legal pronouncement in Nigeria\u2019s political history,\u201d blamed Ebube Agu, a security outfit set up by governors of the South East, for the attack, while alleging that they were sent by the governor to assassinate him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy house in Abakaliki located at No. 1 Abia Onyike Close. Off Onwe Road was attacked this morning from 2-2.45 am,\u201d Onyike said.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe house came under heavy bombardments and shootings, shattering my glass windows and causing damages to sections of the one storey duplex. People around who saw them said they were EnubeAgu people. More details will come with pictures in the morning.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nSpeaking further, he said, \u201cI want to believe that Gov Umahi sent his Ebubeagu militia to eliminate me and finish off my family just because I expressed my views condemning his dictatorship in the state.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI call on the security agencies in Ebonyi state to take note of Gov. Umahi\u2019s deadly antics and take urgent steps to secure the state instead of allowing Umahi to use Ebubeagu to terrorise citizens in the state.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">When contacted, the spokesperson for Ebonyi State police command, DSP Loveth Odah, told Pointblanknews.com that the command is not aware of the attack and advised Onyike to make a formal report for investigation to be carried out.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">DSP Odah assured that if it\u2019s indeed true that Ebube Agu carried out such attack, the culprits will be fished out and punished.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNobody is above the law,\u201d she said. \u201cIf Ebube Agu is non state outfit complimenting the effort of security agencies in the state, but if any of them goes against the law, such a person will be fished out and punished.<\/p><\/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>Some unidentified gunmen have launched an attack on the Abakaliki home of Chief Abia Onyike, a former commissioner for information in Ebonyi State and staunch critic of Governor Dave Umahi,&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":92736,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92735","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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