Gov. Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State on Monday alleged that some police officers shot and tried to kill him on his way to inspect the bombed Rivers State House of Assembly complex.
Fubara who visited the complex, accompanied by a group of youths on Monday, described as unfortunate the attempt by some disgruntled persons to forcefully take over control of the assembly.
He also condemned the burning of sections of the sprawling Assembly complex while noting that it was built with taxpayers’ money.
He also denied the claim that he plotted the attack on the complex to stop the plot to impeach him.
The Governor, in a statement signed by Boniface Onyedi, his Senior Special Assistant said, “The truth is that everybody who knows me knows that I am a peaceful person. I can never ever, even if I am aware that there is a plot to impeach me for whatever reason be part of such destruction.
“I am worried that a facility like this that we used taxpayers’ money to build will be destroyed for selfish reasons just to please somebody. From what I have seen, even the security is compromised because they were shooting at me directly.
“The DC Operations (Deputy Commissioner of Police) was shooting at me,” the governor emphasised.
