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Gunmen In Military Uniform Invade Senator Musa’s Residence In Alleged Assassination Attempt In Minna

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  • Four suspects arrested

Four suspects are currently in police net as details emerged on how the Senator representing Niger East Senatorial District in Niger state, Alhaji Mohammed Sani Musa narrowly escaped an assassination attempt by unknown gunmen in Minna the state capital on Saturday night.

The suspected assailants were said to have trail the Senator who is seeking his second term into the red chamber in 2023 from Abuja to his residence along the popular old Alheri Clinic road, Tunga area in Minna, the state capital.

The Senator, unknown to the assailants, had returned to Abuja in the afternoon before they invaded the house in the night.

Although the state police command was yet to issue a statement on the development as at the time of filing this report, it was gathered that the suspected assailants secured the services of two people, fully armed and in military uniform who accompanied them to the residence of the senator at about 8:00pm.

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The two suspects in Military uniform had mounted surveillance at the entrance gate to the senator’s house while the four others in civilian dresses entered the house after identified to the policemen at the gate that they were from the office of the National Security Adviser (NSA) Abuja on a search mission.

Alhaji Mohammed Sani Musa

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According to a source close to the senator house, the suspects had told the policemen at the gate that they heard information that there were stockpiled arms and ammunitions, including some foreign currencies in the Senator’s house.

They immediately dispossessed the policemen of their mobile phones, attempting to enter the house before luck ran out of them when information got to a close ally of the senator who is the Special Adviser to Governor Sani Bello on political matter, Alhaji Nma Kolo that some armed men had stormed the senator’s house.

On receiving the distress call, the governor’s aide immediately alerted the All Progressive Congress (APC) Governorship Candidate in the state, Alhaji Umar Bago who mobilized and bravely stormed the house that night where the suspects were rounded up.

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The suspects, it was further gathered had lodged in a hotel in Minna ahead of the attack on the law makers house which motives remained unknown as at the time of filing this reports.

According to Sunday Sun, this is the second of such attack on the senator’s house targeting him. The first of such attack in his Minna residence was about two years ago when some armed men, in a similar manner invaded his residence but met him absent.

When contact to confirm the latest incident, the Police Public Relation Officer, DSP Wasiu Abiodun, though did not pick his call, he told our correspondent through a text message that “we will get back to you please”.

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But the state commissioner for Internal Security and Humanitarian Affairs, Mr. Emmanuel Umar confirmed the incident but said the police is on top of the situation and some arrests have been made to that effect.

He however appealed to the public to remain calm, saying that further details on the incident will be made public by the police.

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