Former Imo State Governor, Ikedi Ohakim has opened up on the attack on his convoy which happened on Monday while returning from an outing.
According to the former Governor, the attackers were highly trained professionals who were out to kill him if not for God’s grace and the bulletproof car he was in which saved his life.

"They attacked us from behind and were firing at our vehicles consistently. I thought I was a dead man and I was with two of my children – my son and daughter.

“What saved me was the bulletproof vehicle. That I am alive today is by the special grace of God and the bulletproof vehicle.
But unfortunately for me they killed four of our boys, including the driver. Yes, we lost four of the boys and I am devastated. How can that be? What crime did they commit?”

They Kept Pursuing Us

Ohakim explained that after shooting at his tyres, the gunmen didn’t give up but continued pursuing them but because his vehicle had a run-flat tyre ability, they were able to continue their escape until the driver managed to shake them off at a junction.

“They pursued us and continued firing at our tyres. Luckily, the vehicle has what is called run-flat tyres on which you can continue driving even after a puncture. So, even when they shot at the tyres hoping to immobilise us, the vehicle continued moving. If they were ordinary tyres and the vehicle had stopped, they would have cornered and finished us.

“But the tyres held on until we got back home. We drove for about 20 minutes before we got home. That was the saving grace.”

“The driver who manifested tremendous level of driving skill kept manoeuvring until he lost them at a junction when he went right and not knowing where we had gone, they headed the other direction on the road to Umuahia.

We then turned and went back to my house. We were there when Imo Government House sent reinforcement from Owerri who brought the corpses of my security people,” the former Governor explained.

The Attackers Were Not IPOB
Ohakim added that the attack was beyond the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) but it was a terrible experience for him.

“This goes beyond the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), I must say. These are professionals, well-trained. They are not ordinary people. They were driving a blue colour BMW 5-series car, brand new. They came to kill me.”

“I don’t know what this is all about. It is becoming terrible. Won’t people come home again? Are we going to stay in Owerri and Abuja permanently without coming back to our communities?”[/i] the former governor lamented.

SOURCE: https://www./2023/01/03/they-are-not-ordinary-people-or-ipob-they-came-to-kill-me-ohakim-opens-up-on-attack/?utm_source=operamini&utm_medium=feednews&utm_campaign=operamini_feednews

Always scared to admit it is IPOB.

Roboto11:
Always scared to admit it is IPOB.

am telling you

Roboto11:
Always scared to admit it is IPOB.

your lagos landlord has told his Apc supporters and his thugs to get ready to take power by force, may be it is Ipob that also attack Tambuwa in Sokoto.

W

Roboto11:
Always scared to admit it is IPOB.

nairalander2020:
am telling you

Fools, we are talking about criminals and you are saying IPOB. of what use is he to IPOB?
You lot are the ones making criminals feel good about themselves, your utterances are shielding them from what they're really are.

Roboto11:
Always scared to admit it is IPOB.

When tinubu didn't admit that it was fulani herdsmen that killed fashoranti's daughter, tinubu too must have been scared of fulani herdsmen, right?

Oloriburuku ni e.

Guardian angle of his two kids save what could have been a day of morning.(forget the bulletproof car)

Roboto11:
Always scared to admit it is IPOB.

You guys are funny, even when the person that was attacked says its not IPOB, for you people, it must always be IPOB

Roboto11:
Always scared to admit it is IPOB.

nairalander2020:
am telling you

Afonja Muslims, the marauding skull miners, will always rop every crime in the East, including the obvious political assassination on IPOB for their cause of unity begging...

No matter what happens, never die for a politician. The Governor drove one of his bullet proof cars while the four boys died in vain. RIP to them, they died for nothing!




Mr Governor, it's payback season. The hunter is about to become hunted....

Not only politicians but everyone should be careful in the east because people are using this time to settle old scores knowing fully well that the Nigerian police and media will blame it on IPOB and move on....... Many unsolved murders happening in the east and blamed on IPOB or ESN.......Now politicians,assasins, cultist, serial killers, ritualist, kidnappers,and evil people are taking full advantage of this window......So sad

APC and Hope Uzodinma have turn imo State into a killing fields.

But they prefer to use Ipob as cover-up.

Seyi Tinubu is being rumoured to be sponsoring gunmen in the South East to destabilise our region so that his father will have more votes than Peter Obi.

Wicked man Tinubo

Cannot rule us

Wicked man

Roboto11:
Always scared to admit it is IPOB.

They are always afraid of their shadows, a stich in time, saves nine.
We dey look oOoOO.

It is still IPob they will send to you. Keep safe the region is full of indigenous killers.

You lucky you escape

These Tifnubu boys in the east must be fished out and made to pay for their sins. East is too big for anybody to disorganize for their selfish ends.

If you did well as a governor, no one would want you dead.

May same fate befall all Nigerian politicians from top to bottom (especially tilumbu - may tilumbu diē before the elections)

Political assassination

Roboto11:
Always scared to admit it is IPOB.

Because it is Not , Is Ohakim still in government or did he cross Paths with Nnamdi Kanu, Simon Ekpa or whoever?
He did not meet his waterloo because he got lucky, apparently he was former governor of Imo State, and if your head day house, you would understand, there was no insurgence of IPOB during time of Ohakim, those he crossed paths with hunt him for whatever reasons. Followers of MNK want their republic, not this propaganda you carry to make yourself have a happy ending out of sheer bias. Truth is Igbos do not care. Your ranting won't even make them worry either.

You go kill yourself.

As long as buhari is alive

Insurgency will never stop even in america

“I don’t know what this is all about. It is becoming terrible. Won’t people come home again? Are we going to stay in Owerri and Abuja permanently without coming back to our communities?” the former governor lamented.

This is the problem with igbo leaders, they always find a way to absolve ipob, even without any investigation or facts to prove that they are not Igbos.

The fool was attacked on a Monday, a sit-at-home day and he's saying they are not ipob.

There's a standing order given by Simon Ekpa to kill you all so why is this fool acting as if the attack was random?

Professional ko, expatriate ni.

Igbo leaders know what is going on, but they love to play dumb, this man runs around in a bulletproof car for a reason, but why? Why a bulletproof car? Because they all know for a fact that the SE is hazardous and their safety anywhere in igboland is not guaranteed.

Ifeanyi Ubah's convoy was attacked in the same manner, he survived because of his bulletproof car, but unfortunately, 5 people died including the police escorts.

Obi Cubana was attacked in Anambra, his bulletproof car saved him.

What about the poor and average citizens and police escorts without bulletproof cars? They are sitting ducks and sacrificial goats, they get slaughtered while the rich drive away safe and sound in their bulletproof cars.

The SE is a total and irredeemable mess.

The game is REAL
that's why I always pray to God cos I don't know who to trust (2 pack)

nairalander2020:
am telling you

Unfortunately, u don't have sense

Na wao ur fellow kinsmen came to take u out n u r stil defending them

Only HOPE Uzodimma knows what is really going on in Imo state. It started with his imposition on the people and he has not done much to stop it.