GUNMEN, on Friday, attacked and shot the Special Assistant to the transition chairman ofEtsako Central local council, Mr. Alfred Nyamanli, in Fugar, Edo State, and injured him, critically.
The hoodlums, The Nigerian Compass on Sunday learnt, laid ambush in his compound and unleashed the attack on him at about 9:30pm that Friday.
It was gathered that after the attack, he was immediately rushed to Ogar Hospital in Fugar by neighbours and sympathisers before he was eventually moved to the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), Ugbowo, Benin City for specialist medical care.
Reacting to the incident, his boss, Chairman of Etsako Central Local Government Area, Mr. Suleiman Bagudu, described the attack as barbaric and promised to bring perpetrators of the act to book.
Area Police Commander, Edo Norrth SenatorialDistrict, David Jimwan confirmed the incident to The Nigerian Compass on Sunday on the phone, adding that investigation into the matter is ongoing. He said that the arms of law would nab the gunmen and added that Nyamanli might be discharged from hospital tomorrow.