Lere Olayinka, a media aide to Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory has given an perception into the alleged assassination try on the lifetime of Navy Lieutenant AM Yerima on Sunday.
In a submit made on X, Olayinka claimed that Yerima made up the story of an assassination try on his life at a Police checkpoint in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital metropolis.
Recall that there had been reviews that the now fashionable Navy officer escaped an assassination try on his life.
This report comes barely one week after Yerima was concerned in a heated verbal altercation with Wike over a bit of land belonging to a former Chief of Naval Employees, Zubairu Gambo within the Gaduwa space of Abuja.
Yerima, who led a staff of army officers had prior to now week, prevented the Minister and officers of the FCT Administration from having access to the property beneath possession dispute.
Nonetheless, reacting to the assassination declare, Olayinka alleged that the naval officer was driving round city with a tinted and ‘unplated car’.
In line with Olayinka, when the officer was stopped at a police checkpoint and requested to wind down his automobile window and establish himself he refused.
“You have been driving a automobile and not using a plate quantity. The automobile was tinted. On the Police Checkpoint, you have been stopped. You have been requested to wind down, you refused.
“After you ultimately wind down, you have been requested to establish your self, you refused. As a substitute, you have been calling different Naval Officers whereas insulting the Policemen on official responsibility. The Policemen didn’t let you go till your colleagues got here and recognized you. You left and offered the story of escaping assassination.
“So the Policemen who stored you ready till your colleagues got here to establish you have been those who wished to assassinate you?
“Or was it a part of an order so that you can use an unregistered automobile and refuse to establish your self when requested to take action by the Police?” Olayinka queried.
He additionally mentioned that Yerima’s motion was misplaced in his assembly with the police presumably because of the current validation he has been getting from social media customers over his encounter with the minister.
“Like I mentioned earlier, if you find yourself being hailed an excessive amount of by Social Media individuals…” Olayinka famous.