The administrator of Okehi local government area of Kogi State, Abdulraheem Ohiare, on Saturday escaped assassination as gunmen attacked his residence in Nagazi.
But two people said to be his close associates were not as lucky as they were killed by yet to be identified gunmen.
The gunmen were said to have invaded the residence at about 2.30 am and started shooting sporadically.
But the security operatives attached to the local government boss were said to have been at alert and repelled the attack.
We gathered that the mobile policemen attached to the administrator prevented the hoodlums from gaining entrance into the building to carry out their mission.
It was however, learnt that some hoodlums had earlier on Friday evening, attacked the residences of two people that were closed to the chairman in Okene and shot them dead.
The attack on the people said to have happened at about 8:00 pm was believed to be a prelude to the one carried out on the administrator.
The commissioner of police, Kogi State command, Wilson Inalegwu, was said to have visited the scenes of the attack with the aim of unraveling the issues surrounding the attack.
He was said to have directed a full scale investigation into the attack, while security was also ordered to be beefed up in the community.
Attempts to reach the administrator proved abortive as his mobile phone was switched off.
Credits: Yinka Oladoyinbo | Tribune
