Yesterday, an official of Kogi State said Governor Yahaya Bello was waylaid yesterday, but the latter denied it as the police said it was an interaction between the governor’s convoy and military personnel at a checkpoint.
The Commissioner of Police for Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command, Haruna Garba, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja.
Kogi State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Kingsley Fanwo alleged that Bello was waylaid a few kilometers from Abuja.
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“Preliminary investigation showed that the alleged attack was a result of an altercation between the military personnel at a checkpoint and the governor’s motorcade,” said the police boss. ”In investigation revealed that the crisis followed the refusal of the governor’s motorcade to stop at the military checkpoint”.
Fanwo said the governor was on his way to an official engagement from Lokoka.
He said the attack occurred at about 4 p.m. on Sunday, adding that the attackers wore 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 4.20 pm,” he had said
