The Ward 13 councilor in Ahoada East LGA, Hon. Jerry Thompson on February 4, 2010 was attacked by unknown gunmen in his residence in Ahoada.
The wife of the lawmaker Mrs. Joy Thompson, a staff of the UBE board told The Verite that, “It was about 8pm when a guy walked into this compound and asked me if there is any vacant room in this compound, then I said no, there is none. Not quiet 20 minute our new neigbours started parking in.”

Speaking furtherly, she said “after sometimes I saw a motorcycle bike carrying two extra people, immediately, they stop in front of our yard, and they both in back of the bike jumped down from the bike (motorcycle) and fastly walked up to our house and pointed on my husband there guns, telling him they have come to take his life, some minutes after, there was confusion within there both, and I immediately summon courage, picked up my kitchen chair in front of me and smashed it on the head of one of them and he fell down and was unconscious for sometime and my husband started fighting the other one them, there and then I started shouting untop of my voice, the one unconscious got up and they both fought my husband and shot him and ran away before the intervention of the neighbours around.

Speaking with the leader of the House, he told The Verite newspaper that “this is not robbery, this is pure assassination, but the police are aware and I believe they are doing something to get at the root.
Further speaking was DPO Ahoada who told The Verite newspaper that “it is less than 24 hours, so for now we have not been able to make any arrest or get any evidence to prove what the woman have said, but our investigation is on and we believe by God’s grace we will be able to come out with something soon.
As at when filing this report the Hon is yet on treatment and no arrest have been made as at the time of filing report.
 

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