{"id":3459,"date":"2013-05-10T19:25:09","date_gmt":"2013-05-10T19:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigeria-news\/governor-elechis-adc-escapes-robbery-attack\/"},"modified":"2013-05-10T19:25:09","modified_gmt":"2013-05-10T19:25:09","slug":"governor-elechis-adc-escapes-robbery-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/governor-elechis-adc-escapes-robbery-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Governor Elechi\u2019s ADC escapes robbery attack"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Ebonyi State Police Command has confirmed the attack on Gov. Martin Elechi\u2019s Aide De Camp (ADC), DSP Ibrahim Tinja, by suspected hoodlums on Friday in Abakaliki.<\/p>\n

The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Mr Sylvester Igbo, told newsmen that the attackers attempted to rob the ADC of his official car, Toyota Camry with registration No. EBGH 178.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs soon as the hoodlums swooped on the ADC, he brought out his service pistol swiftly and shot one of them,\u2019\u2019 Igbo said.<\/p>\n

He said the shooting of one of the suspects made the others to run away, adding that the arrested suspect was receiving treatment at the Police Clinic, Abakaliki.<\/p>\n

According to him, the police are making efforts to track the fleeing suspects, as a device which looks like firearm was recovered from the wounded suspect.<\/p>\n

The arrested suspect confessed to newsmen that he committed the offence and attributed his involvement in the crime to poverty.<\/p>\n

“I am a school dropout from Mbeke-Ishieke Boys\u2019 Secondary School, as I just started robbery some months ago due to hardship,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Igbo also said that the police on May.2 arrested suspected cultists belonging to the Black Axe and Vikings confraternities during a fight among their members.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe suspects are students of the Ebonyi State University as one of them escaped with machete-cut wounds,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He called on the people of the state to continue offering maximum support to the police by furnishing the security agencies useful information, among others.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe citizens are also enjoined to be more vigilant and report suspicious persons and their movements to the police with the assurance that the reports would be treated with utmost confidentiality,\u201d he said. (NAN)<\/p>\n

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