Charles Soludo, former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), says the “gun battle” between police officers and gunmen lasted for more than 15 minutes when he was attacked.
MDB earlier reported how Soludo was attacked by gunmen at an interactive town hall meeting, in Isuofia, Aguata LGA, Anambra, on Wednesday.
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Three police officers providing security for him were killed in the attack, while Emeka Ezenwanne, the state commissioner for public utilities, was abducted.
Speaking on Politics Today, a Channels Television programme, the former CBN governor narrated how he started hearing gunshots when he was about rounding off his speech.
The Anambra governorship aspirant said he thought it was the police officers that were shooting into the air when the gun battle started.
Soludo explained that everyone at the meeting scampered for safety while the gun battle lasted, adding that they only met the bodies of three police officers in a pool of their blood afterward.
He stressed;
Just as I was about to wrap up, I said, finally, for them to open up for comments, questions, and answers. Gunshot! At first, I thought maybe the policemen were shooting in the air, concurring with the kind of exuberance in the hall itself.
Until I began to hear people screaming and all of that and everybody began to scamper for safety. Then, it took several minutes, more than ten, fifteen minutes of continuous gun battle going back and forth and stopping and starting again.
He added;
By the time we all came back, we saw 3 bodies laying in the pool of their blood. They were the 3 policemen. May God grant their souls eternal rest.
Soludo said he will be shocked if it turns out that the attack was politically motivated.
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The attack comes over a month after he declared his intention to run for the governorship of Anambra state on the platform of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA).
Meanwhile, Anambra State command of the Nigeria Police Force have announced that five suspects have been arrested in connection to the attack on Prof Chukwuma Soludo.
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The four of the suspects are:
Mbah Victor ‘M’ aged 30years, John Olisakwe ‘M’ aged 21years. Chigozie Omeh ‘M’ aged 20years and Emmanuel Nnobi ‘M’ aged 28years.
The suspects confessed to have actively taken part in the attack and subsequent abduction of Commissioner for Public and Utilities, Engr Emeka Ezenwanne.
