Five persons were killed in the failed assassination bid on Senator Ifeanyi Uba, the Anambra State Police Command said on Monday.
The state Police spokesperson, Tochukwu Ikenga, revealed those killed were two policemen and three civilians.
The gunmen attacked the convoy of the senator representing Anambra South in Enugwu-Ukwu, Njikoka Local Government Area on Sunday.
Ikenga said apart from the five persons killed, two policemen, who were injured, are currently receiving treatment.
He said “no arrest has been made yet as we are still exploring every avenue to unravel the perpetrators of the attack. Further details will be communicated as development unfolds.”
A very close source to the Senator revealed the identities of some of the victims of the attack, saying, “Senator Ifeanyi Ubah lost his treasurer, Mr Ikechukwu Odum, who is his most trusted aide. He also lost his personal assistant, Mr Goodness Mathias.
“Another man killed, who was not in the convoy of the Senator, was identified as Onowu Agu-Ukwu Nri. He is said to be a titled chief in the neighbouring Nri community and had just driven to Enugwu-Ukwu to drop someone who visited him, who would be travelling to Lagos this morning, and he was unlucky to be at that point at the time when Senator Ubah was attacked.
“He was driving an SUV, so the assassins may have thought he was in the senator’s convoy, and he was gunned down.
“During the confusion on Sunday, all the cars were just hitting one another. Since the vehicle the senator was driving in was bulletproof, his driver managed to manoeuvre out of the damaged cars and drive away, even as it was being shot at.”
