PDP’s campaign DG escapes assassination in Rivers

The Director-General of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) in Rivers State, Dr Abiye Sekibo, on Thursday night escaped assassination by the whiskers.

It was gathered that the gunmen were dressed in police uniform and 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.”