The Lagos State
Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Kehinde Bamigbetan escaped what
appeared as an assassination attempt as armed youths invaded his residence and
demanded to see him.
Unfortunately for the
suspected assassins, the Information Commissioner was on an official trip to
Kenya when the incident happened.
Bamigbetan, who wrote on
his face book wall, said there was a serious breach of the security of his
home, 21 Ona Iwa Mimo street, Ejigbo, Lagos, which occurred late night during
the week.
Police
The statement reads: A
serious breach of the security of my home, 21 Ona Iwa Mimo Street, Ejigbo,
Lagos occurred late night Sunday. I was in Nairobi, Kenya getting ready to
preside over the Third Africa Political Summit organised by the Association of
Political Consultants, Africa which commenced this morning.
“The accounts indicate that
about 10pm, seven youths drove into the street in a red utility vehicle and
parked in front of my house. One of them jumped over the fence and accosted my
security guard, overpowered him and opened the gate for five others to join
him. The last stood outside to watch.
“This group ordered the
guard to take them to the rear of the building where I live and asked him to
facilitate entrance. The guard reported that there was no one at home but they
apparently didn’t believe him.
They went to work
immediately, removing the sliding glass windows and then brought instruments to
cut through the iron bars that served to check burglars. They were still at
this when the monitor outside alerted them of an advancing vehicle suspected to
be the police. They got into their car and turned in the opposite direction
from the police patrol car and sped away.
No arrest made — Police
Commenting on the incident,
the Lagos Police Command disclosed that no arrest has been made on the robbery
attack on Bamigbetan’s home and two other houses in the neighbourhood.
Speaking with Vanguard,
Police Public Relation Officer, PPRO, Chike Oti, said that the efforts of the
police prevented the act.
Oti said: “We are yet to
make any arrest but we have expand our dragnet to ensure that the perpetrators
are arrested and prosecuted immediately. “I must tell you that we aborted their
plans because they were at his residence making efforts to gain entrance when
our men were alerted. They raced to the House.
“They kept one outside to
monitor oncoming vehicle and immediately he saw our men approaching the axis,
he alerted others.
“They ran out and left immediately.
But our men, gave them a chase, but
unfortunately they couldn’t apprehend them.”
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