Senator Ubah Loses Special Aide, Seven Security Personnel  in Gun Attack- Media Aide; Atiku, Shehu Sani, Lament

By Charles Igbo

Kameh Ogbonna, Media Assistant to Senator Ifeanyi  Ubah, has revealed that in the deadly gun attack on the Senator , Sunday, eight people may have been killed.

Senator Ubah escaped death by whiskers in the hands of suspected assassins in the evening of Sunday, September 11, 2022.

The assassins swooped on Ubah’s convoy as he drove  past Enugwu Ukwu, in Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State.

It was a rain of bullets. Ubah was saved because of the bullet proof vehicle he rode.

According to the Senators Media Aide, Ubah’s Special Aide, whom he identified as Obum, died in the deadly attack, and so did, allegedly, seven security men.

Said the Media Aide: “If not for the bullet proof jeep the Senator was riding in, he would have been dead by now.

“This is an attempt on the life of the Senator representing Anambra South Senatorial District, Dr Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah.

“We were passing Enugwu Ukwu junction when they hit us front and back, from all sides. And, as I speak with you,  Obum, the Special Aide to the Senator is dead, and about seven Security Operatives were hit by the assassins’ bullet, and they may have died.”

The incident has been greeted with shock and condemnation.

Writing on his Twitter handle, Atiku Abubakar, Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, while sympathizing with Ubah and extending his condolences to the families of the dead, and injured,  lsmented: “We’ve got work to do.”

Atiku: “The attack on the convoy of Senator @ Dr_ IfeanyiUbah stands condemned. My condolences go to the families of those injured and killed in the attack. I share my sympathy with the Distinguished Senator.  May the souls of the departed rest in peace. 

“We’ve got work to do to ensure that safety and security returns to our dear country.”

Shehu Sani, the Senator who represented Kaduna Central Senatorial District in the eight National Assembly, tweeted: “The deadly attack on Senator Ifeanyi Ubah and the killing of his aides is unfortunate, tragic and condemnable.”

No arrests have been made. And it is not yet known if any of the attackers was injured or killed.