The wife of Rear Admiral Ameen Ikioda, the Moderator at the National
Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies in Kuru, near Jos, on Sunday
escaped an assassination attempt by an unknown person during a church
service at Apapa, Lagos.
Ikioda, the immediate past Flag Officer
Commanding the Western Naval Command, was said to be currently away on
an overseas tour with course participants.
The Director of Naval
Information, Commodore Kabir Aliyu, who confirmed the incident in an
interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on telephone in Lagos,
however, could not immediately provide details of how the incident
happened.
Similarly, the Area Commander, Area B Police Command,
Apapa, ACP Ali Mohammed, whose men rushed to the scene, also confirmed
the assassination attempt on the officer’s wife right inside the church.
Mr.
Mohammed said the suspect walked straight into the church and stood
behind the woman but before he could perpetrate the act, he collapsed.
The
area commander explained that it was at that point that worshippers
apprehended the suspected assassin and later took him to a nearby
hospital where he confessed that he was sent by some people to kill the
woman.
Mr. Mohammed said the police were unable to take statement
from the suspected assassin before he was moved to the Navy Barracks,
Ojo, following a directive from the naval authorities.
He said that policemen were prevented by the worshippers from having access to the suspect.
(NAN)
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