The Kogi State Chairman of Christians Association of Nigeria (CAN), Bishop John Ibenu and a former minister from the state, Chief Gabriel Aduku, have escaped assassination attempts on them. Ibenu added that people were fully armed with AK47 rifles, but he was only able to escape from the scene to a nearby village with God grace. According to a statement issued yesterday by the Secretary-General, Kogi East Elders’ Council (KEEC), Alphonsus Alhassan, which a copy was made available to THISDAY in Lokoja alleged that Aduku, who is the Deputy Chairman KEEC was accosted and man-handled at his residence in Anyigba, Kogi State. He added that no member of the Kogi East Elders’ Council appointed himself or herself. “We will therefore not be intimidated or cowered by mannerless hoodlums whose stock-in-trade is gangsterism and terrorism,” he noted.

Source: Nigerian Tribune January 18, 2018 14:56 UTC