How gunmen attempted to assassinate me on Lokoja-Abuja highway – Faleke

Former APC governorship/deputy governorship candidate in Kogi State and House of Reps member, Hon. James Abiodun Faleke, is lucky to be a...

Former APC governorship/deputy governorship candidate in Kogi State and House of Reps member, Hon. James Abiodun Faleke, is lucky to be alive.

He narrowly evaded the cold hands of death after his vehicle was attacked by unknown assailants. An SUV conveying him from Lokoja, Kogi State, to Abuja, was shot at by the unidentified gunmen.

The visibly shaken Faleke disclosed this himself in a report he lodged at Gwagwalada police division in Abuja. The lawmaker was attacked between 7pm and 7.30pm on Sunday November 6.

The bullets hit the front windshield of his bullet-proof vehicle thrice before the Gwagwalada bridge.

In his words; "I was returning from Kogi state on November 6 and my vehicle was shot at the first bridge in Gwagwalada, which is under construction between 7pm and 7.30pm. About three bullets hit my jeep, but thank God, it was a bulletproof car. The bullets cracked the windscreen but did not penetrate. I’m grateful to God for the life of my driver, orderly and myself. We reported the incident to the Police Division in Gwagwalada, FCT."

Faleke was the running mate to the Kogi state All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in the November 21, 2015 election, the late Prince Abubakar Audu. He was set to become deputy governor of Kogi before Audu's unfortunate death.

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