Gunmen who attacked my convoy accused security men of working for zoo govt – Ngige

Former Anambra State governor and immediate past Minister ofLabour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, has given an account of how hisconvoy was attacked by gunmen on Wednesday. Ngige spoke to journalists when the presidential candidatein the 2023 election, Mr Peter Obi, visited him to commiserate with him overthe attack. The former governor said he had been in Anambra sinceSaturday and had sent his personal aides on errands, including taking one ofhis vehicles for maintenance, when they were attacked on their way back. Theincident led to the death of a woman, while his police orderly was shot in theleg and dispossessed of his rifle and uniform. Dispelling rumours of his death, Ngige said: “As you cansee, I’m alive, I’m not dead, so there should be no panic or fear. Theyattacked my convoy while they were coming back around Umuoji when they saw somevehicles racing towards them, and later reversed and chased after them, andstarted shooting. “They were all dressed in police and army uniforms, so myconvoy driver dribbled them until they ran into a shop and they caught up withmy police security men, who battled with them until his bullets were exhausted.They took away his rifle and his uniform and that was after they shot him inthe leg. “They told the two policemen that they were serving a zoogovernment. So I think something is in the offing; they are seizing arms,mopping up police uniforms. I have spoken to the governor of the state, whoassured me they will be tracked down, because if they are not tracked down,that can lead to potential danger and a sign of potential unravelling of thecalm we have enjoyed in the state for three months now. “You know we are entering the Christmas season and ourpeople will be coming home. They need to be tracked down because it is a gangwith a modus operandi of operating in police uniforms.” On whether it was a targeted attack, the former senator saidit could have been, because his convoy and drivers are well known, but addedthat it might also have been coincidental, as the group could simply have beenseeking out policemen to seize weapons and uniforms. He said: “My pilot driver is very well known and most peopleknow that anywhere they see him, they know Ngige is there. He has driven me for22 years. So on that basis, I may say they knew it was my convoy and decided toattack. On the other hand, I can say they do not know; they may have just seena convoy with policemen and decided to attack them. So I’m not talking abouttargeting me now; anyone who targets me is wasting his time.” Speaking on the claims of the gunmen that the police wereserving a zoo government, and on the recent jailing of the leader of theIndigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Ngige said: “When they told the security menthat they were serving a zoo government and that they should tell their mastersthey are coming for them. You know what that means. “My own take is that Nnamdi Kanu’s case is for a politicalsolution. I met President Buhari on that. Governor Soludo has also said that hewants Kanu to be released to him, but even if they don’t want to release him tous, they can release him to Britain. “Why I say so is because the symptoms he is exhibiting arebizarre. I’m not a psychiatrist, but I know that something is wrong. Even theNMA people that went to do a psychiatric evaluation on him were wrong. Theyshould look at that other part of it. They should look at that other component.There is mania there, and when you have such a situation, the court normallydischarges the person. That is my take. This is elementary psychiatry, and I’ma medical doctor.” Peter Obi, who visited Ngige at his country home in Alor,Idemili South Local Government Area, thanked God for sparing the life of theformer governor, while commiserating with the family of the woman who waskilled while making a video of the incident.

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