The Director-General of the Peoples Democratic Party presidential campaign council in Rivers state, Abiye Sekibo, escaped an assassination attempt on Thursday.
According to the former Minister of Transportation, the assailants were allegedly sponsored by the state Governor, Nyesom Wike.
It was reported that gunmen dressed in police uniform opened fire on Sekibo’s vehicle, a Land Cruiser bulletproof jeep at the Rainbow Town in Port Harcourt, where he went to inspect the venue of a proposed presidential rally of the party.
Confirming the incident at a news briefing Friday, Sekibo said his car was riddled with bullets and the venue of the proposed rally set on fire, while policemen watched the inferno
“As we approached the site, those policemen who were watching the inferno opened fire on our vehicle. I looked at the Hilux vehicles, they were police Hilux vehicles attached to the Governor of Rivers State.”
Rivers governor, Nyesome Wike, has been embroiled in a conflict with the national leadership of the PDP and has rescinded from throwing his weight behind the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar.
