Ohakim thanks God, hails driver, bulletproof car for narrow escape from gunmen; Says they’re not IPOB

Chief Ikedi Ohakim, former governor of Imo State, has recounted his close shave with unknown gunmen who nearly snuffed life out of him and his two children on Monday when his convoy was attacked, leading to the death of four of his police orderlies

Narrating his escape to journalists, Monday night, he confessed that he is alive by the mercy of God and because he rode in his bullet proof car.

He also said that he saw his assailants and that they were not ordinary gunmen or Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) activists but professionally well-trained killers who were out to get rid of him.

He confirmed that the attack took place at Oriagu in Ehime Mbano LGA of Imo state.

The politician, who is from Mbano, admitted that kudos must go to his driver whose skillful driving and bravery saved the day him and his children.

He said that what happened was still like a dream to him. He said: “We were driving between Isiala Mbano and Ehime Mbano. These people blocked us at a place called Umualumaku.

“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 in 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.”

Insisting that the gunmen were not amateurs, he said: “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

“I don’t know what this is all about. It is becoming terrible. Won’t people come home again? Are we going to stay in Owerri and Abuja permanently without coming back to our communities?” he asked rhetorically.