Some of the gunmen who attacked the senator representing Anambra South senatorial District, Chief Ifeanyi Ubah have been arrested, Anambra State governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, said yesterday.
The governor revealed this at the burial of the father of the member representing Njikoka/Anaochal Dunukofia federal constituency of the state in the National Assembly, Hon. Dozie Nwankwo at Enugwu-ukwu community where the attack happened about a month ago, however stated that some members of the gang are still on the run, but assured that they must be tracked down to face the consequences of their action.
Though Senator Ubah had escaped unhurt during the attack probably because he drove in a bullet-proof vehicle, his attackers killed two of the security aides attached to him and two of his civilian aides.
Soludo assured that the state had been relatively purged of violent criminals adding that acts of criminality were not common in the state.
Soludo said: “Three weeks ago, it was in this same community that some elements choose to attack Senator Ifeanyi Ubah. I want to tell you that we have arrested a number of those involved in that attack. We are still on the trail of the remaining people.
“We will not let people like that define who we are. This is Anambra State, and we are peaceful people. We must embrace peace, even in the coming election. Anambra is peaceful, Anambra is safe. We have chased away bad elements in the state. The pockets of crime you hear of are just a small number of the bad elements left. They will not disappear in one night, even in civilised places, they are still few bad elements.”
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