NNPP Chieftain Escapes Assassination Attempt in Nasarawa
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A chieftain of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in Nasarawa
State, Hon Musa Ibrahim Abubakar, last Wednesday escaped assassination attempt
on him by suspected gunmen in Doma Local Government Area of the state.
Hon Abubakar, who recently defected from the All Progressives Congress
(APC) to the NNPP, is the immediate past Nasarawa State Commissioner for
Environment and Natural Resources, and is contesting the Nasarawa State House
of Assembly seat of Doma South state constituency on the platform of the NNPP
in the forth coming general election.
The NNPP state assembly
candidate, who is receiving treatment in a private hospital in the state, told
journalists yesterday on his sick bed that he was attacked while returning to
Doma after donating relief materials and cash to victims of a flood disaster
in Rukubi town.
“After the donation in Rukubi town, I was returning
to the headquarters of Doma Local Government Area when about nine gunmen
opened fire on me from different directions. They shot and hit me on my elbow
and back. 46 bullet shots hit and penetrated my car.
“The incident
occurred at about 5:30pm close to Igbabo village, about 20 kilometres to the
Doma Local Government headquarters. I alleged that the perpetrators are high
profile politicians outside my party,” he claimed.
According to
him, “after I was shot, I accelerated the car and lowered my head and the car
stopped when it nearly reached Igbabo village, when I came down and ran
towards the people calling for help.”
He continued that at the
Igbabo village, good Samaritans rescued him, took him on a motorcycle for 20
kilometres journey to Doma town, and was subsequently conveyed for another 20
kilometres to Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital (DASH), Lafia, the state
capital.
He disclosed that three bullets were removed from his
body at DASH where he spent three days in the Intensive Care Unit of the
hospital, but relocated to a private hospital in the state
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