Obaseki, who spoke to
Vanguard about 6:30pm, expressed shock over the shooting incident he said event
cannot be continued because of the shooting.
Governorship aspirant of
All Progressives Congress, APC, in Edo State, Mr Godwin Obaseki and his supporters
escaped death, yesterday, when armed men opened fire on them at Sobe, Owan West
Local Government Area of the state.
However, brave youths in
the area pursued the suspected thugs and apprehended them with their guns and
they were handed over to the Police.
The state Commissioner for
Arts and Culture, McDonald Obasuke, who confirmed the incident shortly after it
happened at 5:30p.m., said he saw a man
who went inside a vehicle and brought out a gun and shot at the venue where
Obaseki was about to address the APC delegates.
According to Obasuke,
“While we were still expecting delegates, Obaseki was already inside with the
party leaders when this boy, who pretended he was with us, went inside a car,
brought out a gun and fired in our direction.
“We were lucky to dodge the
bullet, so we immediately mobilised our boys and pursued him and others because
it seemed they came to disrupt the event. We caught them and handed them over
to the police. It was really shocking but we thank God nobody was hurt.
However, Obaseki could not address the delegates because of the shooting.”
Obaseki told Vanguard: “I
called off the meeting with the delegates because I had to be whisked off by my
security men. No one was hurt though. I cannot be intimidated. Whoever did this
has failed because we will continue with our campaign.”
The state Police Public Relations
Officer, Abiodun Osifo, when contacted, said he was yet to be briefed, but
promised to call the Divisional Police Officer at Sabongida Ora for details of
what happened.
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