The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has commenced an investigation into the alleged attack Sunday evening on Kogi State Governor, Yahaha Bello, a few kilometres away from Abuja.
The FCT Commissioner of Police, Haruna Garba, made the development known in a late Sunday night telephone interview with our correspondent.
“We’re investigating,” CP Garba said while responding to an enquiry by our correspondent over the alleged attack on the governor’s convoy.
The PUNCH reports that the Kogi State Government on Sunday said there was an assassination attempt on Yahaya Bello, a few kilometres away from Abuja, on his way to an official engagement from Lokoja, the Kogi State capital.
The state Commissioner for Information, Kingsley Fanwo, in an official correspondence claimed that the attack occurred at about 4 p.m. on Sunday, October 22, 2023.
Fanwo said, “The attackers who were dressed in military uniforms waylaid the governor’s convoy and…