Twelve Igbo youth leaders escaped death in Abuja last Thursday while purportedly on their way to meet with President Goodluck Jonathan, The PUNCH has learnt.

Leaders of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Wing told our correspondent on Monday that the aborted visit to the Villa was at the instance of President Jonathan.

National Organising Secretary, Ohanaeze Youth Wing, Mr. Okechukwu Isiguzoro, alleged that someone who claimed to be Dr. Reuben Abati, Special Assistant to the President on Media, had invited them last Wednesday to meet with Mr. President on Thursday, April 11, 2013 by 4.00pm.

He said, “The so-called Reuben Abati purported that Mr. President wished to dialogue with Igbo youth leaders having done so also with the Arewa and Yoruba youth leaders.”

Isiguzoro, who was part of the trip to Abuja, said they all travelled by night bus that fateful day after clearing with some of their elders.

He said, “At Abuja, the representatives of the so-called Abati lodged us in a hotel at Gwagwalada, remote outskirts of Abuja.

“In the morning of Thursday, April 11, 2013, three vehicles came to the hotel to take us to Aso Rock Villa. But Instead of heading for the Villa, the vehicles sped off to Suleja and we had to query the drivers.

“As an argument raged on along the way, security agents stopped the vehicles at a checkpoint. Rather than stop, the drivers sped off into the bush.”

He said, “We had to trek back to the checkpoint and narrated our encounter with the unknown men to the security agents.

“The security men came to the scene and later towed the vehicles to their base. Investigations are still on however.”

Isiguzoro said no one knew the intentions of those behind the attempt on their lives, but said it is suspected that it was a set up to wipe out some Igbo youths leaders.

“The real Reuben Abati should take up the matter immediately as what happened showed that some people have been impersonating him.

“The circumstances that led to the incident is bizarre and shocking,” he added

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A lady's comment:

Ohaneze Igbo is the most useless Igbo group i have ever seen,they like bribe more than any other thing,Once they see money they support stupid things in order to get bribe,. The other day they went to kano to collect bribe from kano governor in order to support amnesty for boko harma..Now they took night bus to Abuja for another bribe,this ohanaeze is a destroyer judas.The blood of Igbo peopl that died through boko harma will be onpon their head

hahahahaha boko haram for slice them do suya. They deserve it, hey i'm igbo. Those guys are mumu

Thankgodifeduba: hahahahaha boko haram for slice them do suya. They deserve it, hey i'm igbo. Those guys are mumu

Are you sure it is boko Haram or reuben Abati that wanted to do suya with them

Serve them right.

kettykings:

Are you sure it is boko Haram or reuben Abati that wanted to do suya with them

Abati needs to come out and clear himself.

Next time you are invited, tell them to come and see you in the SE if it was so important.

alfaman2: Next time you are invited, tell them to come and see you in the SE if it was so important.

Gbam! +1000

Thieves...

Geomac:

Abati needs to come out and clear himself.

Clear himself of what?

Some stupid set of greedy people went and sell themselves into the hands of fraudsters, so Abati should and explain why they are foolish and stupid or what?

lol @ election mobilization force traveling to go collect brown envelop and plates of Akpu.....


some people no dey learn sha...

awoof kills...lmao

Thieves dem sef wan chop awoof

Good for them.

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rotflmao

Eko Ile: lol @ election mobilization force traveling to go collect brown envelop and plates of Akpu.....


some people no dey learn sha...

awoof kills...lmao

LMAOOOOOOOO

Why don't i believe this STORY?

Who is betraying who right now?


Igbos.......really must suck to be one!

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thank God for checkpoint otherwise these night riders would be the next episode of "apo 6" or "ezu 50"............call them "abati 12". .

alfaman2: Next time you are invited, tell them to come and see you in the SE if it was so important.

pictures of Aso Rock/Abuja will help their future hustle

...i wldnt blame them that much,Nigeria is a big cake, Arewa youths collected their own and cleaned mouth,Yoruba youths in their usual tradition of 'chop and clean mouth',collected their own in thesame way they collected to sale out Abiolas mandate or how Fasehun collected in other to resurrect defunct Awos UPN and cleaned mouth!...the truth,those igbo youths wanted to collect and clean mouth but they wld ve pay with their heads.next time call the office of the sec.to the FG to confirm the authenticity of such invitation,meanwhile igbo youths shld insist on collecting their own part of the national cake through the right channel!while investigation is on to identity those responsible for this despicable act Of impersonating Abati..

They were eager to sell their future not knowing that they were about to give their lives away free of charge. Igbo youth! I thought madam NOI was saying something extraordinary about Igbos on the other thread. How she trusts 99% Igbos but not 99% Nigerians.

Mohammed Abacha also "needs to come out and clear himself" (one by one) of the thousands of yahoo yahoo boys that have been using his name for 419. Does that make any sense to you? bunch'a superficial morons.

Geomac:

Abati needs to come out and clear himself.

Them be hungry men like u naa abi u dey
forget?

dayokanu: Thieves dem sef wan chop awoof

Nonsense. As far as am concerned any group with the name ohaneze ndi igbo is on their own. They never represent the true wishes of the people. so they can all go to hell

Who is responsible for dis?

Temismith: Who is responsible for dis?

Long throat

Nigerians are very fast to rush to conclusions and pass judgments, a proper investigation if carried out would have revealed the source of the call , the owner of the phone line the location the call originated and if it was really Reuben Abati trying hard to exhibit his in born traits or his agents or even Boko haram or some set of dubious igbos .

My own advice is to wait patiently for investigations to be concluded by the SSS or any other reliable body

rosebowl01: Mohammed Abacha also "needs to come out and clear himself" (one by one) of the thousands of yahoo yahoo boys that have been using his name for 419. Does that make any sense to you? bunch'a superficial morons.

You must be high on cow dung.

They should have known from the the fact that they were lodged at a Hotel at Gwagwalada. How will a genuine government official lodge delegate to see the President outside Abuja? A journey about 45 minutes. They dont think about it first. I am sure these guys will be busy calculating sharing formula that night. Chei. These people don suffer.