{"id":16139,"date":"2023-10-22T18:24:42","date_gmt":"2023-10-22T18:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/?p=16139"},"modified":"2023-10-22T18:24:42","modified_gmt":"2023-10-22T18:24:42","slug":"governor-yahaya-bello-escapes-death-as-gunmen-attack-convoy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/?p=16139","title":{"rendered":"Governor Yahaya Bello Escapes Death As Gunmen Attack Convoy"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Kogi State Government has raised the alarm over three \u201cassassination\u201d attempts on the governor of the State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, saying the attempts on the governor\u2019s life were part of a plan to portray the State unsafe ahead of the November 11 governorship election.<\/p>\n

According to a press statement titled, \u2018Assassination Attempt On The Governor\u2019 and signed by the Commissioner for Information and Communications, Kingsley Femi Fanwo, a copy of which was sent to LEADERSHIP, the attackers, who were dressed in military uniforms, waylaid the governor\u2019s convoy and started shooting sporadically at his vehicle and other vehicles in the convoy.<\/p>\n

He noted that Governor Bello was attacked at three different points on the Lokoja-Abuja highway, the last being around Kwali Area Council in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) at about 4.20pm on Sunday evening.<\/p>\n

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Fanwo added that it took the swift intervention of the security personnel attached to the governor to foil the \u201csatanic plans of the unknown soldiers.\u201d<\/div>\n

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\u201cThe Kogi State Government wishes to inform the general public that there was an assasination attempt on the Governor of the state, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, CON, a few kilometres away from Abuja, on his way to an official engagement from Lokoka.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe attack occurred at about 4pm on Sunday, October 22, 2023.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe attackers who were dressed in military uniforms waylaid the Governor\u2019s convoy and started shooting sporadically at his vehicle and other vehicles in the convoy. It took the swift intervention of the security personnel attached to the Governor to foil the satanic plans of the unknown soldiers.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe attacks were at three different points, the last barricade being around Kwali\u00a0Federal Capital Territory at about 4.20pm.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe report of these strange attacks has been properly documented at security offices in the state and at the national level for prompt and thorough investigations to avert future occurrences.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe are not oblivious of the fact that certain elements are bent on painting Kogi unsafe ahead of the Governorship Poll slated for November 11, 2023. As an administration, we will spare nothing to ensure our citizens are not subjected to security threats by desperate politicians sponsoring violence and terrorism.<\/div>\n

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\u201cWe call on the citizens to remain vigilant and report suspicious movements in the domain to relevant security agencies. It is the responsibility of the Government to ensure security and we want to assure you that the peace we have enjoyed as a state in the last eight years won\u2019t be lost on the altar of violent politics,\u201d the Commissioner stated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Kogi State Government has raised the alarm over three \u201cassassination\u201d attempts on the governor of the State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, saying the attempts on the governor\u2019s life were part of a plan to portray the State unsafe ahead of the November 11 governorship election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16140,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[299,7865,1082],"class_list":["post-16139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-convoy","tag-governor-yahaya-bello","tag-gunmen"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16139"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16139"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16141,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16139\/revisions\/16141"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}