Wike’s Associate, Samuel Nwanosike on
the scene of the attack
The governorship candidate of
the Rivers State All Progressives Congress (APC) in the April 11, last year
election, Dr. Dakuku Adol Peterside, and some leaders of the party yesterday
came under attack in Port Harcourt, the state capital.
Peterside, the Director-General
of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), was riding
in a Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) with his former deputy, Asita Honourable and
APC Chairman Daview Ikanya when they came under fire.
Peterside’s Special Assistant
(Media) Sylvester Asoya, in a statement last night, said his boss and other APC
leaders escaped assassins’ bullets by a stroke of luck. Governor Nyesom Wike’s Chief of
Staff Emeka Woke was arrested over the attack. But Wike said Woke’s driver was
killed.
Peterside said his vehicle was
attacked by gunmen in two SUVs as they approached the city from the Port
Harcourt International Airport. His orderly Emma Esi was said to have been hit
in the leg.
The NIMASA boss, who was Wike’s
opponent in last year’s governorship election, also stated that it was now
evident that the governor wanted to kill him and that he (Wike) was prepared to
do everything possible to eliminate him.
Woke was last night arrested
ostensibly to explain his role in the alleged attempt to shoot at
Peterside’s convoy, in front of the office of the DSS on Forces Avenue, Old
GRA, Port Harcourt.
Peterside’s driver had driven
into the DSS’s office but Woke and the two gunmen with him were not deterred.