The Ebonyi State governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, Prof Benard Odoh, on Thursday night, escaped death when his convoy was attacked by gunmen suspected to be assassins, in the Ishielu Local Government Area of the state.
A reliable source, who pleaded anonymity, said Odoh was returning from Agba community in Ishielu, where he had gone for a consultation when his convoy was ambushed at the Rest House area along the Abakaliki/Enugu Expressway.
It was gathered that the assailants, who parked an unmarked Sienna bus along the road, opened fire on the convoy of the governorship candidate and riddled his Toyota SUV with bullets.
His driver was reportedly killed during the attack while his police orderly and three others sustained varying degrees of bullet wounds.
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