Former governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel who narrowly escaped an alleged assasination attempt on his life at his Abuja residence on Thursday, has released a statement on the reported attempt on his life and he fingered the Senator representing Ogun East at the National Assembly as the brain behind the plot. Kashamu has since denied this.
Read the statement below..
The Inspector General of Police, Police Headquarters, Louis Edet House, Abuja.
Attention of IBRAHIM IDRIS Dear sir, Re:
Assassination Attempt on my Person;
Main Suspect, Senator Buruji Kashamu THE INCIDENT:
Date: Thursday 24th Aug 2017 Time; 9.13pm, Eye witness account Location: My residence in Maitama, Abuja. 5 hefty men, 2 of them in Military fatigue, 3 others in Black clothes approached the gate honking that the gate be opened.
The gateman peeped through the pedestrian gate asking for their identity and mission, they refused to wind down. Gateman then opened the Pedestrian gate to further inquire innocently.
They asked for his boss “OGD” (that was the acronym from my full name, Otunba Gbenga Daniel) and he told them I was not at home. The 5 men instantly alighted from the car and pushed the gateman forcefully into the compound and started beating him saying he was lying and that they had information that I was at home.
They thereafter asked him how many Policemen were in the house and he told them five (5) men. They further asked him to show them where the Policemen were. He led them into the Boys Quarters and they found one of the Policemen lying down and they asked for his service gun.
He told them it is not with him, they then pushed him into the toilet and locked him there. They returned to the Gatekeeper and told him to start showing them round the house where the other Policemen were, while insisting that they have accurate information that “OGD” is in Abuja, and at home.
They spotted one of the workers at home and they nearly killed him believing he could be one of the Policemen. Meanwhile the Police that was locked in the toilet luckily had his gun kept in that toilet. He took his gun, went through the ceiling and landed in another main toilet that was not locked and started firing his gun.
That was when they took to their heels and escaped. They were said to be carrying pistols or shotguns while one of them who carried a bigger gun stood watch at the gate as the operation lasted.
Nothing was removed from the house. They reportedly came in a black Camry and the 6th person was said to be the Driver who stayed put in the car on standby.
