A member of the Interim Management Committee of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Evang. Caroline Nagbo, narrowly escaped assassination in Port Harcourt Tuesday morning, reports her Special Assistant, Barr. Sogbeye Eli.
Eli in a statement said the incident which occurred after she attended a Church service at Ozuoba in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area was aborted due to the swift response of security agencies following distress calls made to the Nigerian Police and the Department of State Services.
Eli said: "A clearly shocked Evang. Nagbo thanked God for her protection and commended the gallantry of the security officials. She was full of praise for the Commissioner of Police, Rivers State Command; the Director, State Security Services, Rivers State Command and Head of Security at the NDDC, Mr. Tonye Frank Oputu, whose professionalism and very timely intervention she noted aborted the plot to harm her.
"Evang. Nagbo also thanked her colleague in the Interim Management Committee and Acting Executive Director, Finance & Administration, Mr. Effiong Akwa, for his prompt response to the rescue effort and commendation of the Commission's security for their exemplary diligence upon her arrival at the Commission's Headquarters".
"Caroline Nagbo having reported the matter to the Police called on the Commissioner of Police and other security agencies operating in the State to intensify efforts in tracking down those who are after her life, noting that criminal elements terrorizing the State must be flushed out to secure the lives of law-abiding citizens and end scaring away investors in the petroleum and gas resource-rich State who are providing gainful employment to the teeming graduate and skilled population in the State," he added.
