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Last Updated: Saturday, December 4th, 2004 HOME | Previous Page Suspended Edo Council chairman escapes assassination benson agwu correspondent, Benin Suspended chairman of Igueben Local Government Council in Edo State, Mr. Fred Ijiekhuamen last Wednesday narrowly escaped death in Uromi from the hands of social miscreants believed to be thugs. Mr Monday Oriakhi of Dr Alex Iziyon (SAN) chambers, counsel to Ijiekhuamen, made this allegation before an Ekpoma High Court when a suit, with case number HER/MISC/12/04    challenging the purported suspension of Ijiekhuamen from office as chairman came up for mention. Governor Lucky Igbinedion suspended the Igueben council chairman on November 17, 2004 over allegations that he diverted relief materials meant for rainstorm victims in Okalo community in the local government area. Oriakhi told the court, presided over by Justice E.F. Ikponmuen that the hoodlums, numbering about ten who drove in an 18-seater commuter bus belonging to a popular transporter in the state, invaded the chairman’s house shouting that they had “orders  from above to bring the chairman dead or alive”. Narrating his ordeal to newsmen after the court session, Ijiekhuamen, who said he was having his lunch at the time the suspected assassins forcefully entered his house, added that he abandoned his food and escaped through the back door into a nearby bush. He said he later ran to the police station at Uromi for protection. Besides alleging that his wife was forced to sign a document at gun-point without having the opportunity to read the said document, Ijiekhuamen said that the assailants ransacked the whole house and took away some valuables and N208, 000,00 cash. Earlier, Justice Ikponmuen had advised the suspended chairman to report the incident to the appropriate security authorities for necessary action, a report which Ijiekhuamen said he had already made. Copyright� 2004. All Rights Reserved. Independent Newspapers Limited Block5, Plot 7D, Wempco Road, Ogba, P.M.B. 21777, Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria. www.independentng.com e-mail: [email protected] Designed By Powered By DNet.

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