The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi and the governor of Anambra State, Professor Charles Soludo has condemned the Sunday night attack on the senator representing Anambra South Senatorial District, Senator Ifeanyi Ubah.
Reacting
to the development in a tweet on Monday, Obi said “the attack is condemnable
and unacceptable.” The former Anambra
State governor also re-emphasised the urgent need for enhanced security of
lives and property in the society and demanded the use of all machinery
available to the government to promptly punish those who engage in these
dastardly acts in accordance with the laws.
“I
deeply commiserate with my brother, Senator Ifeanyi Ubah, and extend my
heartfelt condolences to the families of those who lost their loved ones in
this ugly incidence.
“The
attack is condemnable and unacceptable. I hereby re-emphasise the urgent need
for enhanced security of lives and property in the society. I have continued to
lay emphasis on the urgent need for enhanced security and protection of life
and property in our society.
“Those
who engage in these dastardly acts should be fished out swiftly using all
machinery available to government, and promptly punished in accordance with our
laws.
“I
enjoin the Federal and State governments to strenuously strive to curb the
menace of insecurity rampaging our Nation.”
In
his own reaction the Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has
condemned the attack on Senator Ifeanyi Ubah’s convoy. He also commiserated
with the families of the dead victims.
The
governor stated these in a statement signed by his Press Secretary, Christian
Aburime, on Monday.
The
Senator representing Anambra South Senatorial Zone at the Red Chamber was
attacked by yet-to-be-identified assailants on Sunday, where he narrowly
escaped death. The incident happened along the Enugwu-Ukwu road in Njikoka
Local Government Area of Anambra State.
While condemning the
attack, Soludo said the government was fully determined to wipe out every act
of criminality in the state, adding “This is the last ditched-effort of a
sinking boat by these criminal elements.”
He assured that all
security agencies are now on full alert to fish out the perpetrators of the
attack and be made to face the full wrath of the law.
The statement read,
“It was reported on Sunday evening that Dr Ifeanyi Ubah narrowly escaped
bullets of some gun-wielding men who attacked his convoy at Enugwu-Ukwu road in
Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State.
“The government is
fully determined to wipe out every act of criminality in the state. This is the
last ditched-effort of a sinking boat by these criminal elements.
The
attackers of the senator who is also seeking reelection on the ticket of the
Young Progressives Party, opened fire on his convoy at Nkwo Enugu Ukwu, Njikoka
Local Government Area while he was returning to Nnewi, his home town from a
function.
No fewer than six policemen attached to the senator’s convoy were reportedly killed during the attack, although the figure has not been officially confirmed.
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