PDP guber candidate, escapes assassination
SPEAKER of the Delta State House of Assembly and Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate for March 18 election in the state, Sheriff Oborevwori, has escaped assassination by gunmen. Oborevwori’s convoy was reportedly ambushed by the suspected assassins on the Warri/Sapele highway. Chief Press Secretary to the Speaker, Mr. Dennis Otu, in a statement, said Oborevwori was returning from Sapele to Osubi, when he was attacked by the gunmen. Otu said: “The convoy of Sheriff Oborevwori on March 12, 2023, came under heavy attack from gunmen between Elume junction and Okuabude in Okpe Local Government Area of the state. “The car, which he was driving in and security vehicles attached to the convoy were riddled with bullets in the incident, which occurred at 9.05p.m. “He had gone to Sapele for political meetings and on his way back to Osubi, the gunmen ambushed the convoy and launched an attack on him, spraying...