Gunmen who allegedly attacked the convoy of Nigerian Senator, Ifeanyi Ubah has been arrested, Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State, made this announcement on Friday.
Mr Ubah convoy was, attacked last month by the gun men in Enugwu-Ukwu, a community in Njikoka Local Government Area of the state.
The gunmen had lain in wait and opened fire on his convoy, killing five persons, including two police officers.
Two of the senator’s assistants, Obum Ikechukwu and Goodness Mathias, who were killed in the attack, have been buried.
Mr Soludo was in Enugwu-Ukwu, the community where the attack on the senator occurred.
He visited to sympathize with a member of the State House of Assembly, Dozie Nwankwo, who buried his father on Friday.
Speaking, during the condolence visit, the governor announced that some suspected attackers of the senator’s convoy have been arrested.
He said;
I want to tell you that we have arrested a number of those involved in that attack,” although the governor said without giving the exact number.
“We are still on the trail of the remaining people. We will not let people like that define who we are. This is Anambra State and we are peaceful people,” he added.
I have successfully chased “bad elements” out of the state, the pockets of attacks still occurring are a small number of the hoodlums yet to leave.
“They will not disappear in one night. Even in civilized places, there are still few bad elements,”
