Chief Executive Officer of the Young Shall Grow Motors,
Chief Vincent Obianodo, narrowly escaped death on Tuesday night, after he was
attacked by gunmen in Festac Town, Lagos. His driver and police escort were not
so lucky as they were shot dead by the gunmen.
Chief Obianodo was returning from work at about 9 p.m. when
the gunmen, numbering five, who drove in a Sport Utility Vehicle intercepted
him on 22 Road and opened fire.
His Police orderly, identified as Ngozi Chijioke, was said
to have attempted to match the gunmen fire-for-fire. Unfortunately, he was
killed. Corporal Chijioke attached to Patrol and Guards of the Lagos State
Command reportedly died on the spot.
One of the bullets from the gunmen was said to have hit
Obianodo’s driver in the chest, after a futile attempt to wriggle his way out
of the fire line.
Other road users who were alarmed by the gunshots hurriedly
made u-turns.
Policemen from Area ‘E’ on patrol were said to have swooped
on the gunmen and engaged them in a gun battle during which two of the gunmen
were killed while others escaped.
Chief Obianodo was said to have been hit in the left arm by
the gunmen’s bullet before policemen arrived the scene. The bullet was
reportedly aimed at his chest but hit one of his hands.
He was immediately rushed to an undisclosed hospital where
the bullet was extracted. According to Police authorities, he is responding to
treatment.
Confirming the incident, spokesperson for the Lagos State
Police Command, Ngozi Braide, said AK-49 and AK-47 rifles with 400 live
ammunition and 10 fully loaded magazines abandoned by the fleeing gunmen were
recovered at the end of the shoot-out.
The attack on Obianodo is believed to be an assassination
plot.
The Nigeria Police, Lagos State command, has commenced
investigation into the ugly incident.
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