The Delta State Police Command yesterday through its spokesperson, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Lucky Uyabeme, refuted an earlier statement credited to it in an online medium and confirmed that indeed, there was an assassination attempt on the life of Rt Hon Victor Ochei, the Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, penultimate Friday at Obomkpa in Aniocha North Local Government Area of the state.
Mr Uyabeme who made this disclosure during an interactive session with journalists in his office at Asaba, said that “on Friday, November 1, 2013, the Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Hon Victor Ochei was at Obomkpa in Aniocha North Local Government Area of Delta State for a function, and there was an explosion under the chair he was supposed to sit on.”
He revealed further that the mystery the police are trying to unravel now is, how come local canons were placed under the seat he (Ochei) was to sit on?
The Police Spokesman averred that he never had any direct or proxy interaction with the reporter, adding that”I am very surprised to see this publication by Sahara reporters. I don’t even know whether there is Saharareporters’ correspondent in Delta State. In fact, I only spoke to The Sun Newspaper correspondent on the issue. I therefore urge members of the public to disregard the Saharareporters’ publication as all what he stated there quoting me were all lies”
