Immediate past Executive Director of Projects, EDP of NDDC, Engr Adjogbe Samuel escaped assassination on Saturday, June 20, at about 7:40 pm, following an attack on his car by suspected assassins between Ughelli and Evwreni town along the East/West Road, in Delta State. Sources stated that the Lexus 570 Jeep of Engr Samuel was attacked by the suspected assassins, shooting the occupant of the car on the owner’s seat, Mr Samuel Adibor on his head. One of his security aides, who pleaded anonymity, said they were heading from Ughelli to Evwreni at about 7:40 pm when they were intercepted by the suspected assassins. He added that they were three in the car. He said the suspected assassins fired sporadically at them with a gun which appeared to be AK47, lamenting that they shot at them through the front, back windscreens and side glass of the Lexus Jeep. Saying that they escaped death by the whiskers, he held that Mr Samuel Adibor was already receiving treatment in one of the hospitals in Ughelli. He said the matter has been reported at the Ughelli ‘A’ Police Division.
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