Chairman of Ndokwa East Local Government Area of Delta State, Nkechi
Chukwurah, escaped death by the whiskers after one her of security aides
simply identified as David opened fire on her at close range.
said she had just closed from a church thanksgiving
service on the fateful day and was about to enter her Sports Utility
Vehicle (SUV) when the security aide who was seated at the front turned
and pointed his gun at her.
opened fire on her, firing
severally before other security aides rushed at him and seized the gun.
Mrs Chukwurah, who recently returned to office after being suspended by the
state House of Assembly over allegations of misappropriation of public funds, said that the bullets hit her at the stomach,
hand and thighs. She was rushed to the hospital by sympathisers.
According to the Sun, the suspect was arrested and during interrogation
confessed that strange voices told him to shoot his boss.
“My orderly just opened the door for me to enter the vehicle while
the policeman sitting in the front seat turned and face me with
his gun.The next thing I saw was fire all over me, as he shot at me
consistently. I was lucky the bullet did not open my stomach. I was hit
in other parts. It was God who saved my life,โ she narrated on phone.
A source within
the Delta State Police command headquarter confirmed the incident, adding that
the suspect has been arrested and the matter currently under investigation.
