A former governor of Imo State, Ikedi Ohakim, has narrated how
he escaped death by a whisker during his Monday encounter with gunmen.
The one-term former governor was attacked by gunmen at Ehime
Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State, with four people in his entourage
feared killed.
Narrating his ordeal, Ohakim said his bulletproof vehicle
and his driver who brought to bear his skills saved him and his children from
the killer gunmen.
“We were driving between Isiala Mbano and Ehime Mbano. These
people blocked us at a place called Umualumaku.
“They attacked us from behind and were firing at our
vehicles consistently. I thought I was a dead man and I was with two of my
children – my son and daughter.
“What saved me was the bulletproof vehicle. That I am alive
today is by the special grace of God and the bulletproof vehicle.
“But unfortunately
for me they killed four of our boys, including the driver. Yes, we lost four of
the boys and I am devastated. How can that be? What crime did they commit?,”
Ohakim told The NICHE during a telephone interview on Monday night.
He added, “They pursued us and continued firing at our
tyres. Luckily, the vehicle has what is called run-flat tyres on which you can
continue driving even after a puncture. So, even when they shot at the tyres
hoping to immobilise us, the vehicle continued moving. If they were ordinary
tyres and the vehicle had stopped, they would cornered and finished us.
“But the tyres held on until we got back home. We drove for
about 20 minutes before we got home. That was the saving grace.”
“The driver who manifested tremendous level of driving skill
kept manoeuvring until he lost them at a junction when he went right and not
knowing where we had gone, they headed the other direction on the road to
Umuahia.
“We then turned and went back to my house. We were there
when Imo Government House sent reinforcement from Owerri who brought the
corpses of my security people.
“This goes beyond the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), I
must say. These are professionals, well-trained. They are not ordinary people.
They were driving a blue colour BMW 5-series car, brand new. They came to kill
me.”
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