Anayo Okolie
Former Ogun State governor, Mr. Gbenga Daniel has petitioned the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris over an alleged assassination attempt on his life.
In the letter titled; ‘Assassination Attempt on my Person; Main Suspect, Senator Buruji Kashamu’, the former governor said, “Five hefty men, two of them in Military fatigue; three others in Black clothes approached the gate honking that the gate be opened. The gateman peeped through the pedestrian gate asking for their identity and mission, they refused to wind down.
According to him, Gateman then opened the Pedestrian gate to further inquire innocently. They asked for his boss “OGD” (that was the acronym from my full name, Otunba Gbenga Daniel) and he told them I was not at home. The five men instantly alighted from the car and pushed the gateman forcefully into the compound and started beating him saying he was lying and that they had information that I was at home.â€
Thereafter, he said they asked him how many Policemen were in the house and he told them five men. They further asked him to show them where the Policemen were. He led them into the Boys Quarters and they found one of the Policemen lying down and they asked for his service gun.
He told them it is not with him, they then pushed him into the toilet and locked him there. They returned to the gatekeeper and told him to start showing them round the house where the other Policemen were, while insisting that they have accurate information that “OGD” is in Abuja, and at home. They spotted one of the workers at home and they nearly killed him believing he could be one of the Policemen.
“Meanwhile the Police that was locked in the toilet luckily had his gun kept in that toilet. He took his gun, went through the ceiling and landed in another main toilet that was not locked and started firing his gun. That was when they took to their heels and escaped.
“They were said to be carrying pistols or shotguns while one of them who carried a bigger gun stood watch at the gate as the operation lasted. Nothing was removed from the house. They reportedly came in a black Camry and the 6th person was said to be the Driver who stayed put in the car on standby.
Daniel further stated that “it is public knowledge that there is no love lost between Senator Kashamu and I. In the last 8 years that we disagreed politically he has not stopped maligning my character in every way possible. On one occasion, he confessed publicly and wrote in national newspapers saying that he spent over three billion naira (N3b) to destabilise and destroy my administration, using his own words.
“On another occasion he gathered some fake documents and sought for people who can lie on oath that I killed students and sucked their blood; with all manner of fictions on sundry issues and got these published in various online news medium that I stole campaign funds!!!
“All these I took in my strides as part of the price for participating in government and politics, including the spurious EFCC charges promoted by the current government in Ogun State. On several other occasions he has boasted in the company of his friends that he will not rest until he sees my end.
“It is Kashamu’s belief that I was the brain behind his loss of power and relevance in Ogun State PDP (the main source of milking innocent political aspirants), and he felt I must be brought down by all means.
The reason of this petition, Daniel said “was to alert the Police authorities about the evil intention of Senator Buruji Kashamu towards my person and request for additional security protection.”
