Senate Deputy President, Ike Ekweremadu Escape Suspected Assassination By A Light Skinned Mercenary

The senate Deputy President Ike Ekweremadu on Tuesday, 17 November 2015 escaped suspected assassination attempt by a suspected foreigner suspected to be a mercenary. The alleged suspected attempted to crash his casr into the Ekweremadu's convoy on his way from his residence to the National Assembly complex.

Statement from the Senate Deputy President special adviser on media Mr. Uche Anichukwu gives account of the incident.


“The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, escaped suspected assassination attempt, Tuesday.

“The attempt occurred at about 10:00am between Apo Flyover and Dantata Construction Company’s yard, close to the Old Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Headquarters junction on his way to work.


“The suspected assassins who operated in a tinted, white-coloured Mercedez Benz AMG E63 without a plate number, were chauffeured by a long-bearded light skinned foreigner, apparently a mercenary.

“The vehicle, which was positioned by the Apo Bridge, on noticing that the Deputy President of the Senate’s convoy took the right turn to join the Nnamdi Azikiwe Expressway instead, made a turn. The occupants attempted to attack the convoy, but were blocked. The driver violently broke into the convoy and they made several frantic attempts to attack the Senator’s official car.”