If those that wanted to kill the philanthropic and
amiable popular transporter and Chairman of
Young Shall Grow Motors, Chief Vincent
Obianodo, had succeeded, his last words on
earth could have been the wild exclamation
which he uttered as soon as the assassins
started firing volleys of bullets into his car.
Below is a blow-by-blow account of the attack
and how the man was saved:
A police source said the Inspector of Police, who
is attached to B Ops, Patrol and Guard at the
Lagos State Police command, Ikeja, has been
working with Chief Obianodo for two years, as a
guard. He described the action of the Inspector
as 'the only saving grace', saying as soon as
the bandits blocked Chief's car with theirs, they
came out firing towards the two cars in the
convoy.
According to him, "That exclamation from the
chief moved the police Inspector and he quickly
used his body to act as a protective shield
against that of Chief Obianodo. Inspector
Ogbueshi took that risk because he could not
think of allowing the transporter to be killed like
a chicken. That was why he covered the chief
who had already collapsed on the steering after
he was hit by bullets, and subsequently the
Inspector engaged the hoodlums in serious
exchange of fire. After sometime, he pretended
as if he was dead and just laid on top of the
chief.
"At that stage, one of the attackers came out
from their vehicle and approached that of chief
with a view to finishing what they started, not
knowing that the Inspector was closing in on
him. As soon as he approached their car, the
gallant Inspector released several shots into his
large frame and he laid dead, clutching his AK 49
fully loaded gun. His gang members however,
tried to sustain the firing and at that stage, the
Inspector devised a new strategy. He tried to
quickly slip out of the car, aim at their driver
and demobilize their vehicle. Unfortunately, as
he was discreetly stepping out of the car, his
legs slipped and he fell into a ditch.
"The ditch is so deep that it swallowed both the
Inspector and his gun. While inside the ditch, he
was still making frantic efforts to accomplish his
mission while the attackers concentrated on
firing at both the Chief's car and his back up
pick up security van occupied by two other
policemen and Chief's driver. Unfortunately, they
succeeded in killing the police constable in the
backup car and the driver. The Inspector
managed and raised himself from the ditch and
also released another round of bullets into their
vehicle thereby shattering the back windscreen.
"That was when the attackers quickly jumped
into their car and sped off. It is believed that
some of them must have been badly injured
after the exchange of fire and could not have
gone far if the chief's security aids had received
back up from the police.
"The Police from Festac division only
approached the scene of the shooting after they
saw the Inspector in uniform coming out from
the ditch. They were then showed two of the
attackers who were gunned down with their
heavily loaded weapons. Six loaded magazines
were seen inside the bag of the first dead
suspect.
"Interestingly, while policemen were still going
through the contents of his bag, his phone
started ringing stridently. It was also recovered
by the police. The brave Inspector who has
served the force in different states of the
federation for over 32 years is from Udenu L.G.A
in Enugu State and is married with two children.
Luckily, he had only a sprain on the leg after the
deadly encounter."
Investigations carried out by Vanguard's Crime
Alert revealed that the first attacker that was
gunned down is a popular auto dealer at Amuwo
odofin area of Lagos State and is reputed to be
seen frequently in police circles in the area. A
source that refused to be named said also that
the motive for trying to assassinate Chief
Obianodo may not be far from recent clash
between a popular night club owner in the area
and the Police in Festac.
The transport magnate was reportedly said to
have intervened on behalf of the young Club
owner making it impossible for him to be
intimidated or run out of his business. This, the
source continued, may not have gone well with
some people, hence the attempt on his life.
Associates of the wounded Chief told Crime Alert
that he was flown out of the country last
Monday in an air ambulance to USA. The Chief
was reported to have asked his aids after he
recovered from the shock in a private hospital in
Apapa, "Why did they want to kill a man like me
that is feeding not less than 10,000 Nigerians?
Would they be able to feed all these people?"
The Young Shall Grow boss' family are however
demanding a transfer of the case from FESTAC
police station to a neutral police state.
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