No fewer than three policemen, including an Assistant Superintendent of Police, ASP, were killed yesterday morning during a gun battle with gunmen at the residence of a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Pastor Jerry Needam in Woji, near Port Harcourt.
Needam is special adviser on media and publicity to the state PDP. It was gathered that the slain policemen were part of a team that responded to a distress call by Needam following the invasion of his residence by the gunmen.
Speaking with newsmen later, Needam said his private security guard, who was wounded during the gun battle is currently receiving medical attention at an undisclosed hospital in Port Harcourt.
He said the invasion and attempt on his life by the gunmen were the third in the past 18 months.
He said the dare-devil men stormed his residence in the wee hours of yesterday and shot sporadically for over two hours to gain entrance into the compound, before the arrival of policemen, who engaged them in a fierce gun battle.
Needam alleged that the mastermind of the kidnap and assassination attempt were his political opponents, who desperately wanted him silenced following his strong political views and penchant for truth.
The PDP chairman’s aide said he had already spoken with the state’s Commissioner of Police, Mr. Musa Kimo, who expressed confidence in the ability of the command to investigate the matter and fish out those behind the assassination attempt.
Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Ahmad Muhammad, who confirmed the attack and killing of policemen, said they paid the supreme price.
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