Reports that Naval officer A.M. Yerima narrowly escaped an assassination attempt in Abuja have been dismissed by the Nigerian Police, but Lere Olayinka, aide to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has shared “his details” on what he claimed happened.
On Sunday, news broke out that Yerima escaped an assassination attempt. Meanwhile, on Monday morning, the Nigerian Police debunked this report.
However, Olayinka revealed what he claimed happened. He wrote: “You were driving a car without PLATE NUMBER. The car was TINTED.
“At Police Checkpoint, you were stopped. You were asked to wind down, YOU REFUSED. After you eventually wind down, you were asked to identify yourself, YOU REFUSED.
“Instead, you were calling other Naval Officers while insulting the Policemen on official duty. The Policemen didn’t allow you to go until your colleagues came and identify you.
“You left and sold the story of escaping assassination. So the Policemen who kept you waiting until your colleagues came to identify you were the ones who wanted to assassinate you?
“Or was it part of an ORDER for you to use UNREGISTERED CAR and refused to identify yourself when asked to do so by the Police? Like I said earlier, when you are being hailed too much by Social Media people…”
