The leader of APC in Isoko South, Lucky Okperi and his kids, luckily escaped an assassination plot along Asaba-Kwale road. It was revealed that Lucky’s driver, Rex, had picked his children from Oleh, Isoko South LGA, to Asaba for Christmas celebrations. After carrying out the duty, the driver was on his way back to Oleh when he noticed that a Toyota Corolla consistently trailed his vehicle.
While explaining to newsmen, Rex said, “My boss asked me to carry his children from Oleh back to Asaba since the Christmas celebration was over. On my way back, I noticed that a Corolla car with two unidentified hefty men was trailing me from Ogwashu-Uku. At this point, I had to accelerate. However, the car that was following ours doubled-crossed us at Ossisa town and one of the men jumped out from the car and entered the passenger’s seat of the car I was driving.”
Rex continued, “He brought out a pistol and asked me questions such as ‘where is your boss?’; ‘where are his children?’ All this time, a gun was pointed at my head. I was then ordered to drive straight to Kwale and from there, I was ordered to face Ogume road. I had no option than to obey and I drove into Ogume road. When we got to a very lonely forest, I was again ordered to drive inside the forest. Before I could say, Jack Robinson, I was shot.
“As I was shot, I found a way to escape into the forest. As I was inside the forest, they started shooting sporadically and telling me to come out from the forest or they would burn my car. Before the Police arrived the scene, they had set the car ablaze.”
Rex insisted that the assassins came for his boss but luckily, he was not in the vehicle. Lucky Okperi later mentioned that the attempted assassination was a move from the opposition party.
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