The Kogi State Commissioner of Police, Miller Dantawaye, has confirmed the attack on the family residence of suspended Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan in Obeiba community, Okehi Local Government Area of the State by yet-to-be-identified gunmen.
Dantawaye gave the confirmation in an interview in Lokoja on Thursday.
247nextnews.com reports that the residence of the embattled Senator representing Kogi Central was attacked on Tuesday night.
The CP disclosed that the Command has commenced investigation into the incident.
“The Command has been fully briefed on the unfortunate and criminal incident by the Okehi LGA Divisional Police Officer. So far, no arrest has been made.
“Investigation into the incident has begun and we shall get to the root of it. We will deal with those criminal elements that carried out the attack,” the CP said.
Speaking on the incident in a statement by her media team, Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan, described the attack as a calculated attack to silence her.
She said: ”The gunmen assumed she was in town and so attacked my family house that Tuesday night.”
“During the attack, security operatives and community members responded promptly and chased them off.
“No one was hurt. A report on the incident was quickly made at the police area command of the LGA,” she said.
The statement urged the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Kayode Egbetokun, to immediately reinstate her security details for safety considering this heinous attack.
