Former Central Bank Governor, Prof Chukwuma
Soludo, has narrated how he narrowly escaped death when gunmen unleashed terror
on him and his security aides on Wednesday evening.
Soludo also described the killing of three
of his police orderlies as senseless while praying for repose of their souls.
Recall that it was reported that the ex-CBN governor
was attacked in his hometown in Isuofia in the Aguata Local Government Area of
Anambra State.
Soludo, of the All Progressives Grand
Alliance, is a frontline aspirant in the November 6 governorship poll in the
state.
He narrated his ordeal on Thursday night
while featuring on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’ programme.
Soludo said, “We were having an interactive
session and we finished the mass about 4pm and the scheduled interactive
meeting with the Isuofia youths. By the way, Isuofia happened to be my
hometown. I’m a village boy and this is where I feel safest anywhere in the
world. I walk the street, I jog in my community, I take long walk, I am
everywhere as a village boy.
“With this
interactive session, there were over a thousand youths seated and I was just
making preliminary remarks to open up the interactive session with other
dignitaries from the communities, commissioners and members of the house of
assembly. And just as I was about to wrap up and I said, ‘Finally!’ for them to
open up for comments and answers, gunshots! At first, I thought may be the
policemen were shooting in the air with the kind of exuberance in the hall
until I began to hear people screaming and we all scampered for safety.
“It took more than 10, 15 minutes of
continuous gun battle. By the time we all came back, we saw three bodies there
lying in the pool of their blood – they were the three policemen. May God grant
their souls eternal rest. We will continue to pray and support the family.”
“I was totally unhurt, not in anyway hurt,”
Soludo noted.
When asked
whether the attack was linked with his ambition to become Anambra governor, the
ex-CBN governor said, “I am friend with everybody contesting the office. I
don’t think the office is worth the blood of even a chicken let alone a human
being. I will be shocked that it was politically motivated and that it was
aimed directly at me.”
He said investigation by security agencies
will unravel the perpetrators of the heinous act while expressing worry over
the kidnap of the state Commissioner for Public Utilities, Emeka Ezenwanne,
during the attack on Wednesday.
Soludo, however, expressed optimism that
Ezenwanne would be released unhurt.
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