Obosi CSO Escapes Death From Assassins By Whiskers

By Chuks Eke

The Chief Security Officer, CSO of the Obosi community in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State, Sir Dan Igbokwubili, narrowly escaped death by whiskers when suspected assassins allegedly waylaid him on the road and pumped bullets into his vehicle aimed at shooting him dead.

During the encounter, the assassins set ablaze Igbokwubili’s private vehicle, riddled it with bullets, and thereafter set it ablaze.

Igbokwubili, an ex-police officer who was appointed as CSO by the traditional ruler of Obosi, Igwe Chidubem Iweka (Eze Iweka III), and his cabinet members, was accosted along the road by the assassins while driving home.

According to the source, the assassins had laid an ambush along the road, and as Igbokwubili was driving past, they opened fire on his vehicle and riddled it with bullets while he fell and pretended to be dead.

As he regained consciousness, the source said, he took to his heels and was pursued by one of the assassins, but as a trained police officer, he retreated and kicked the assassin with his leg, hitting him on the penis, and when the assassin slumped, he barely escaped and rushed to a nearby hospital for medical attention.

Speaking on the phone with reporters, Igwe Iweka expressed regret that the attack occurred at a time when the community was celebrating its independence from cultists, assassins, and kidnappers.

Igwe Iweka, however, warned that the Obosi community would not fold its arms and watch hoodlums have a field day in the community, even as he noted that efforts are still being intensified to leave no stone unturned in tracking down the culprits.