FCT Police investigate alleged assasination attempt on Yahaya Bello, reveal details

The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has started an investigation into rife reports about an assassination attempt on the life of Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello.

Haruna Garba, the Commissioner of Police (CP) in charge of the FCT made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja.

Reacting to a statement by the Kogi Commissioner for Information and Communications, Kingsley Fanwo over the alleged assassination attempt on Bello, he said: ”preliminary investigation showed that the alleged attack was a result of altercation between the military personnel at checkpoint and the governor’s motorcade.

"In investigation revealed that the crisis followed the refusal of the governor’s motorcade to stop at the military checkpoint”.

Recall that Information Commissioner had alleged that there was an assassination attempt on the governor, a few kilometers away from Abuja.

Fanwo said the governor was on his way to an official engagement from Lokoka. He said the attack occurred at about 4pm on Sunday, adding that the attackers were dressed in military uniforms.

Fanwo said the attackers waylaid the governor’s motorcade and fired sporadically at his vehicle and other vehicles in the convoy.

“It took the swift intervention of the security personnel attached to the governor to foil the satanic plans of the unknown soldiers.

“The attacks were at three different points, the last barricade being around Kwali Federal Capital Territory at about 4.20pm,” he said.

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