Senate probes alleged assassination attempt on Ekweremadu, family

The Senate Committee on Police Affairs has been mandated to
investigate the alleged assassination attempt on the Deputy Senate
President, Ike Ekweremadu, and members of his family.

Ekweremadu, at the plenary on Tuesday, raised the matter at the
plenary.

Earlier on Tuesday, Ekweremadu had, raised the alarm over an
alleged invasion of his Abuja home by unknown armed men one of whom
was arrested.

President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, responding, chided the
Nigeria Police over their alleged late response to Ekweremadu’s
emergency calls.

He, thereby, asked the Senate committee to follow up on the
investigations by the police.