Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Chukwuma Soludo, explained how he narrowly escaped being assassinated in Anambra on Wednesday.
Recall that gunmen stormed the venue of a town hall meeting he attended at the Isuofia community in Aguata Local Government Area and opened fire, killing three policemen guarding the former CBN governor.
Speaking on the recent attack on him in Anambra on a Channels TV programme, Politics Today, Soludo said that the incident lasted “10 or 15 minutes of continuous gun battle”.
The professor of Economics said he was about to wrap up the meeting and request participants to ask questions when the armed men struck.
He said he initially thought it was policemen shooting into the air, but that they soon realised it was more serious than that when he heard people screaming and scampered for safety.
“By the time we all came back, we saw three bodies lying in the pool of their blood. They were the three policemen. May God grant their soul eternal rest.
He commiserated with the families of the slain officers and promised to support them.
Prof Soludo, the leading governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) for the November election, described the attack as senseless.
He said the race for political office should not cost human lives.
The Police have arrested five suspects in connection with the incident.
