The Deputy Speaker of Nigeria’s Edo State House of Assembly, Festus Ebea, on Sunday said that his convoy was attacked by unknown gunmen near Abudu in the Orhionmwon Local Government Area of Edo State.
Ebea said that himself; the Edo Assembly Minority Leader, Emmanuel Okoduwa; and Patrick Iluobe, were on their way to Benin City, the Edo State capital, from Esan in the Edo Central Senatorial District, when the assailants accosted them around 1pm.
The PUNCH learnt that the lawmakers were returning from Ebele, Igueben Local Government Area of the state, where they had attended an investiture of the Chairman, Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Anthony Anenih, by the Anglican Church…
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