Breaking: Assasination Attempt On Ekweremadu (Deputy Senate President)?

An assassination attempt was made on the life of Nigeria's Senator Ike Ekweremadu, the Deputy President of the Senate, on Tuesday by a light skinned foreigner suspected to be a mercenary.

This assassination attempt involved repeated but failed attempts to crash into the official convoy of  Senator Ekweremadu’s from his residence to the National Assembly complex yesterday. This has been reported to the police

A statement issued by his special adviser on media, Mr. Uche Anichukwu which stated the incident read thus:

“The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, escaped suspected assassination attempt, Tuesday.

“The attempt occurred at about 10:00am between Apo Flyover and Dantata Construction Company’s yard, close to the Old Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Headquarters junction on his way to work.

“The suspected assassins who operated in a tinted, white-coloured Mercedez Benz AMG E63 without a plate number, were chauffeured by a long-bearded light skinned foreigner, apparently a mercenary.

“The vehicle, which was positioned by the Apo Bridge, on noticing that the Deputy President of the Senate’s convoy took the right turn to join the Nnamdi Azikiwe Expressway instead, made a turn. The occupants attempted to attack the convoy, but were blocked. The driver violently broke into the convoy and they made several frantic attempts to attack the Senator’s official car.”

Its a serious mata; Nigeria should watch and pray.