Mr. Nyesom Wike and Lt. Ahmed Yerima
By Abdullahi Abubakar
‘It’s fake news, there was no assisasination attempt on the Naval officer, Lt. Ahmed Yerima who was involved in a face off with the federal capital territory minister, Nyesom Wike’, so say the Federal Capital Territory Police Command.
The police on Sunday debunked the reports that made the rounds that a Lt. Yerima, survived an assassination attempt in Abuja, describing the claims as false and unverified.
It was reported that Yerima was trailed by unidentified men dressed in black, travelling in two unmarked Hilux vans without number plates in Abuja.
According to the reports, the pursuit began around 6:30 p.m. at the NIPCO filling station along the Kubwa Expressway and continued to Gado Nasco Way.
Yerima reportedly evaded the assailants through a “strategic manoeuvre” during a high-speed chase.
The police in a statement by the command’s spokesperson, SP Josephine Adeh, described the report as false and unverified.
The statement read ” The attention of the FCT Police Command has been drawn to publications circulating on social media alleging an attempted assassination on Lt. Ahmed Yerima.
The command wishes to categorically state that no such incident has been reported or recorded anywhere within the Federal Capital Territory.
“The public is advised to disregard this false information and desist from spreading unverified claims capable of causing unnecessary panic,” the statement read.
