CUPP Alleges Assassination Attempt on Its Spokesman

Udora Orizu in Abuja

The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has raised the alarm over an alleged attempt to assassinate its First National Spokesperson, Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere.

In a statement issued yesterday by the coalition’s Second National Spokesperson, Mark Adebayo, CUPP said: “On Friday night as at about 8 p.m, while driving home from a strategy meeting of the opposition, their 1st National Spokesperson, Ugochinyere noticed a vehicle trailing him

immediately he left Wuse II branch of H-Medix where he went to buy some personal needs.”

According to Adebayo, “not being sure and to confirm his suspicion, he quickly went down the popular Zone 4 Bridge and the vehicle continued following. He also joined the express to Area 1, having descended the

Mabushi Bridge and the vehicle continued to follow.”

“To make double sure they were not just two vehicles coincidentally heading the same direction, he accelerated, being that he was driving a fast moving car only to notice that the vehicle, a dark coloured

Hilux pickup van also accelerated. On taking the turn off just before the stadium so that he could join the road to the airport road, he also observed that the van made the same turn.”

Explaining further, he said, Ugochinyere also accelerated when he was going round the stadium as the stretch of that road was very dark, vehicle gave a chase but could not catch up.

“When he had joined the airport road he drove till he got to a section of the road where the street lights were full and rolled down his tinted side screen and pretended to slow down to see if the vehicle will pass.”

“However to his greatest shock, as the pickup approached, it tried to swerve and double-cross him. He averted it but noticed that there were at least four persons in the van bearing arms similar to the unique

ones carried by officers of the Department of State Services (DSS). One of them opened the door and

made attempt to jump down but Ikenga swerved quickly and drove off, while they gave another chase and were almost by his side with their guns pointed when he joined the service lane and they could not swerve