The Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has contradicted his Commissioner for Information and Communications, Kingsley Femi Fanwo.
Fanwo earlier on Sunday said gunmen in military uniforms attacked Bello’s convoy on the way to Abuja.
The Commissioner alleged this via a statement; “The Kogi State Government wishes to inform the general public that there was an assassination attempt on the Governor of the state, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, CON, a few kilometres away from Abuja, on his way to an official engagement from Lokoka. The attack occurred at about 4pm on Sunday, October 22, 2023.
“The attackers who were dressed in military uniforms waylaid the Governor’s convoy and started shooting sporadically at his vehicle and other vehicles in the convoy.”
Refuting his aide’s account, the governor in an interview with newsmen debunked claim that attempt was made on his life.
Instead, he said, it was just a minor fracas between men of the Nigerian Police Force attached to his convoy and those of a military unit manning the highways, it was in the course of both units performing their lawful security duties.
