Director-General of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Council in Rivers State, Dr Abiye Sekibo, escaped a gun attack on Thursday at midnight.
Gunmen dressed in police uniforms were said to have opened fire on Sekibo’s bulletproof jeep at Rainbow town in Port Harcourt, the state capital.
Abiye Sekibo had gone to inspect the venue of the PDP presidential rally when he was attacked.
Speaking with reporters in Port Harcourt on Friday, Sekibo said his car was riddled with bullets and the venue of the rally set on fire.
“As we approached the site, those policemen who were watching the fire opened fire on our vehicle. I looked at the Hilux vehicles. They were police Hilux vehicles.”
The police have not reacted to the incident.
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