{"id":27976,"date":"2018-11-06T11:13:21","date_gmt":"2018-11-06T10:13:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=27976"},"modified":"2018-11-06T11:13:21","modified_gmt":"2018-11-06T10:13:21","slug":"ekweremadu-wife-escape-assassination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/ekweremadu-wife-escape-assassination\/","title":{"rendered":"Ekweremadu, Wife Escape Assassination"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria\u2019s Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, his wife Nwanneka Ekweremadu and son on Tuesday survived an assassination attempt at his Apo Quarters in the country\u2019s capital, Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, his wife, and son escaped an assassination attempt at about 4 am on Tuesday,\u201d Uche Anichukwu, special adviser on media to the Deputy President of the Senate disclosed in a statement, Guardian has reported.<\/p>\n<p>One of the yet to be identified gunmen who discreetly evaded the security has been arrested by the police in Abuja after their invasion into Ekweremadu residence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe attackers, who could not immediately shoot in order not to attract the attention of the security personnel on duty, took hold of his son, and commanded him to lead them the Senator\u2019s bedroom,\u201d the official said.<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>Anichukwu said it was the struggle that ensued in the senator\u2019s bedroom that alerted the security, leading to the arrest of one of the assailants with dangerous weapons and housebreaking devices, while the rest managed to escape.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe arrested member of the gang has, however, refused to divulge any information on the operation and has been handed over to the police,\u201d Anichukwu said.<\/p>\n<p>In November 2015, there was also an attempt on the Senator\u2019s life in Abuja where he escaped narrowly.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria\u2019s Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, his wife Nwanneka Ekweremadu and son on Tuesday survived an assassination attempt at his Apo Quarters in the country\u2019s capital, Abuja. \u201cThe Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, his wife, and son escaped an assassination attempt at about 4 am on Tuesday,\u201d Uche Anichukwu, special adviser on &hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":27977,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,1593,17],"tags":[4896,4895,268],"coauthors":[2387],"class_list":["post-27976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-crime","category-metro","category-news","tag-assassin","tag-ike-ekweremadu","tag-senate-president"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.9 - 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