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A House of
Representatives member from Ogun State, Kayode Amusan, yesterday said
some people are trying to assassinate him. Mr Amusan’s allegation came
following an attack on his vehicle by suspected killers, who eventually
shot dead his police orderly in the Mowe axis of the Lagos-Sagamu
Expressway.

But the Ogun State
Police Command in a swift reaction through the Public Relations
Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, said it was an armed robbery attack and an
assassination attempt as alleged by Mr. Amusan.

The lawmaker, while
narrating the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta, said “It was an
assassination attempt on my person by suspected assassins sponsored by
powerful persons in Ogun State, it was providence that saved me from
being killed when the Hilux Pick-Up van was stormed in a savage attack
by yet to be identified gunmen,” he said.

He said he was away
to the Southeastern part of the country for an important trip when the
attackers struck, but explained that information at his disposal had it
that the assailants accosted his pilot vehicle, thinking he was inside
and were demanding from the victims, his whereabouts.

“They thought I was
inside the car. They were asking them where is your Oga? They shot one,
tied his hand and from Mowe, they carried him and dropped him in
Obadaoko. I have a premonition that some people are trailing me,” Mr
Amusan said.

Earlier warnings

The lawmaker who is
now seeking for a return to the lower house added that prior to the
attack, he had received telephone calls from many people, all warning
him to beef up his security as he has been marked for “elimination” by
those not favourably disposed to his recent political ambition to go to
the Senate.

However, Muyiwa
Adejobi, the police image-maker while denying the allegation said “It
is a lie, Amusan was not even inside the Hilux car with registration
number XA 608KJA which was snatched by armed robbers.” “Robbers came to
attack the vehicle, whose occupant was one Raphael Bell and other
occupants, the man was shot by the robbers, as well as another person
who was killed by them and we got to know later was a policeman.” He
said the robbers snatched the vehicle and the police are still trying
to recover it. “I want to tell you that, it was never a case of
assassination as being painted by Amusan, we should not politicise all
issues. Amusan has no connection over the incident.

So am surprised that he now came out to say he was to be assassinated that is not correct and it’s a lie,” Mr Adejobi said.