The Delta House of Assembly on Tuesday called on security
agencies in the state to investigate the alleged assassination attempt on its
Speaker, Mr Victor Ochei.
The assembly passed the
resolution in Asaba followed a motion by Mr Samuel Mariere, representing
Ughelli North I Constituency.
Mariere criticised the
assassination attempt, and said there was need for an urgent investigation to
ensure that the perpetrators were brought to book.
He said if not for God, the
story would have been a different one.
The motion was unanimously
adopted.
It would be recalled that the
Delta State Police Command confirmed the attempted assassination on Nov. 1 at
Obomkpa in Aniocha North Local Government Area of the state.
Ochei was at Obomkpa for a
function, when one of two locally made canon contraptions, a lethal Improvised
Explosive Device, exploded and injured a female aide to one of the speaker’s
associates.
The victim, whose left ankle
was shattered as a result of the explosion, was immediately rushed to the
Federal Medical Centre, Asaba, by the speaker’s pilot vehicle.
She was, however, transferred
to Delta State University Teaching Hospital, Oghara, for further medical
attention. (NAN)
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