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DSS official arrested for attacking Abia PDP campaign DG

According to Vanguard, Elechi is accused of scratching the red Toyota Sienna belonging to the DSS official assigned to the Ebonyi command along Azikiwe Road.

The incident allegedly happened on Sunday at around 3 o’clock as the campaign DG tried to cross the busy road.

Elechi reportedly attempted to park his car by the side of the road to assess the extent of the damage when the DSS official allegedly blocked him at the intersection of Azikiwe Road and BCA Road and attacked him with a machete.

According to eyewitness accounts provided to Vanguard, the DSS official leaped from his vehicle and severely cut the campaign DG’s head. Elechi’s hand also received a serious cut from the security guard, who was already covered in blood from the initial assault.

Road users who observed the incident are alleged to have moved to attack the DSS agent, but he was saved by a patrol unit from the Abia State Police Command who invaded the location, causing tension in the neighborhood.

The Azikiwe road is typically a busy road, which is what happened. Everyone was attempting to drive through the area while there was confusion. The campaign director was likewise attempting to avoid the congested traffic by driving. He damaged a red Toyota Sienna with scratches. I believe he intended to pull over and check out the extent of the damage to the Sienna car, but the owner was impatient and stopped the campaign director’s car before emerging brandishing a machete and cutting him on the head.

“While the man was still covered in blood from the cut on his head, he gave him another cut on the hand. When someone who recognized the campaign director proceeded to attack the man—whom we didn’t know was a DSS official—and attempted to lynch him, the police intervened, saving the man, according to the eyewitnesses.

The campaign DG is now being treated at an undisclosed hospital in Umuahia while the DSS official was detained and transferred to the police station.

Calls and texts addressed to SP Geoffrey Ogbonna, the police public relations officer for the Aba State Command, went unanswered. A senior police officer, who wished to remain anonymous, verified the incident and said that the DSS is currently under police surveillance.

Ikpeazu orders an investigation and denounces the attack.

The attack on Hon. Chinedum Elechi, the director general of the Abia PDP governorship campaign organization, has been denounced by Governor Okezie Ikpeazu.

Ikpeazu praised the bravery of the bystanders and Nigeria Police officers who helped to subdue the attacker and seize the attack’s weapon in a statement released by his chief press secretary, Sir Onyebuchi Ememanka.

“The Governor hereby demands a thorough inquiry into this senseless act of homicidal barbarism and charges the Commissioner of Police with making sure the attacker is held accountable for their actions.

“Governor Ikpeazu thanks God for Hon Elechi’s life being spared and sends best wishes for a speedy recovery.”

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