SAHARA REPORTERS
The governorship ambition of the Delta State House of Assembly
Speaker, Victor Ochei, hit a violent snag earlier today (Friday) as an
explosion went off during a political meeting he was presiding over at
Obomkpa, Aniocha North local government area. The explosion, suspected
to be a bomb blast, left two persons with severe injuries. A source
identified one of the injured as a female personal assistant to Bishop
Ken Ebolum of Dominion Christian Center, Asaba. He added that the two
victims were rushed to the Delta State Teaching Hospital, Oghara, for
treatment.
Several eyewitness sources said that chaos broke out as soon as the
suspected bombs exploded, with the speaker and other scampering for
safety. One of the sources disclosed that the speaker had arrived in
Obomkpa to inaugurate his political group, “Otumowane,” in preparation
for the 2015 general elections. His close associates have revealed that
he has indicated an interest in running for the governorship.
All efforts to contact the speaker proved abortive as he did not answer his mobile phone.
A police source said that an Assistant Commissioner of Police from
the Delta State Police Command immediately mobilized a team of police
officers to the scene.
A citizen reporter tried to contact a police spokesman, Lucky
Uyabeme, but failed as Mr. Uyabeme neither picked up calls nor responded
to text messages to his mobile phone. However, a police source
confirmed the event. The source revealed that one John Oyibo Achuzia
Ijeh has been arrested and is being interrogated at police headquarters
in Asaba, the capital of Delta State.
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