Benue PDP chieftain escapes assassination attempt, car set ablaze hours after appointment

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, successful Benue State, Mr. Bemgba Iortyom, narrowly escaped being killed connected Friday nighttime aft suspected hoodlums attacked him and acceptable his conveyance connected occurrence successful Makurdi, the authorities capital.

The incidental happened lone a fewer hours aft Iortyom announced that helium had been appointed Consultant connected Media and Public Communications to the PDP successful the state.

Iortyom, who antecedently served 2 presumption arsenic the party’s State Publicity Secretary, had earlier called connected enactment stakeholders to enactment him successful his caller responsibility, describing it arsenic portion of the party’s strategy to reclaim powerfulness from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) successful the state.

“The authorities indispensable beryllium rescued from definite clang and demolition astatine the hands of a politician who took the steering instrumentality of enactment without adjacent a learner’s permit, not to speech of a driver’s licence qualifying him for the occupation of steering the state’s affairs safely,” helium said successful the connection announcing his appointment.

“This is the task I person accepted to lend to successful my capableness arsenic Consultant to the PDP connected Media and Public Communications,” helium added.

Recounting the attack, Iortyom said the incidental occurred on George Akume Way successful the centre of Makurdi portion helium was astir to propulsion implicit to reply a telephone call.

“I was attacked by chartless persons astatine astir 8 p.m. and though I managed to escape, my car, a Peu...