A special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the Rivers State Chairman, Mr. Jerry Needam, has luckily escaped with his life leaving 3 dead.
Dare-devil Kidnappers have killed three policemen who came to foil an attempted kidnapping of the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the Rivers State Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr. Jerry Needam.
Needam while disclosing this in a statement commended the gallantry of the policemen deployed to rescue him during the attempted kidnap and alleged assassination attempt on his life.
According to him, one of the killed policemen was an Assistant Superintendent, ASP. He said the policemen fought well as they engaged the heavily armed assassins in a fierce gun battle for several hours.
He expressed gratitude to God for saving his life and accused his political opponents of being behind the alleged attempt on his life. He also disclose that two of ther policemen and his security guard sustained bullet wounds during the incident and were receiving treatment at a hospital.