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Anambra commissioner escapes Gunmen Attack

By Mike Oboh

The Anambra State Commissioner for Diaspora Affairs, Indigenous Artworks, Culture and Tourism, Dr. Christian C. Madubuko on Sunday  narrowly escaped death following an attack by unknown gunmen.

Reports had it the gunmen  suspected to be hired assassins could not succeed as the commissioner escaped the attack though it was not clear if he sustained injuries.

t was gathered that the Commissioner who was driving himself was returning from Osumenyi where he attended the burial of the late wife of Prince Nicholas Ukachukwu. 

“The gunmen ambushed him. But the clever Commissioner smartly and miraculously escaped several rounds of bullets shot at him. It is not clear whether he sustained bullet wounds or not,” a close family source said.

Though the where about of the Commissioner is not yet known as  efforts to reach him remain  unsuccessful as his mobile phone was switched off. 

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