A leading member of the Edo Peoples Movement (EPM), a splinter group of Edo State All Progressives Congress (APC), Barrister Henry Idahagbon, Thursday survived assassination attempt on his life.
Gunmen suspected to be assassins reportedly stormed Idahagbon’s office on 52b Siluko road in Benin City, the state capital and fired repeated shots into the building housing the office.
The hoodlums who were said to have come in Hilux vans with AK-47 guns also attacked a nearby restaurant and destroyed some properties.
A visit to the area showed that the walls and windows of the office building were riddled with bullets.
Operatives of the Nigerian police and the Department of State Services (DSS) were seen at the scene apparently to get first hand information.
Idahagbon, a former Attorney-General of the state whose group is loyal to the National Chairman of APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, is a known critic of Governor Godwin Obaseki’s administration.
The politician who confirmed the incident to blueprint disclosed that the matter has been reported to the Oba market police station.
Edo state police spokesman, Chidi Nwabuzor said he was yet to be briefed on the matter.
