Abia commissioner, three others escape gun attack

Chaka Chukwumerije, Abia State Commissioner for Lands, and two others, on Saturday night, survived a gun attack by people yet to be identified at Ezinnachi, along the Enugu-Umuahia Expressway.

In a video report, Chukwumerije explained, “To God be the glory, I just survived an attack on my way from Umunneochi (his country home) back to Umuahia. They rained bullets on our car. It was very close (to where I was sitting).”

He further explained, “Just immediately we passed Okigwe (Junction), on getting around Ezinnachi (in Imo State), we just noticed a car coming as if the front was blocked, applying one-way.

“We applied the brake to know what was happening. The next thing from the side, exactly where I was sitting, they opened fire on us. Thank God for our survival. We are back to Umuahia.”

According to reports, the commissioner was travelling with three others when the incident occurred, but none were injured.

Danladi Isa, the State Commissioner of Police, confirmed the incident on Monday, saying that the incident happened at the Imo State end of the expressway, which is the jurisdiction of the Imo State Police Command, adding that his command had forwarded a situation report to the Imo command for their action.

Chukwumerije is a son of the late Senator Uche Chukwumerije.

In a post on his Facebook page on Monday, Chaka’s brother, Dike Chukwumerije, confirmed the incident, describing it as an escape from “an attempt on his life,” “even though the car was riddled with bullets.”