Minister of Industry escapes death in Rivers attack

The Minister of State for Industry, Trade and Investment, Hon. Kenneth Kobani, was reportedly attacked on Thursday evening by armed thugs allegedly led by Morris Poronem, All Progressives Congress member representing Khana/Gokana Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives.
Kobani, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, had his official car destroyed.
Kobani was in Gokana Local Government Area of Rivers State for last minute consultations with his people ahead of Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections.
His security details were said to have averted what would have been a black day in Ogoniland and a replay of the Giokoo massacre in 1994.
Reacting to the development, the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in Rivers State, Bro Felix Obuah, called for the arrest of Poronem and all the armed thugs involved in the dastardly act.
Obuah, in the statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media, Jerry Needam, condemned “the animalistic action” of a man who was supposed to be a “honourable” man.
He described Poronem as a failure and disgrace to the Ogoni nation.
The statement added: “The PDP chairman saddened by the attacked on Hon. Kenneth Kobani, regretted repeated attacks on members of the PDP by the APC, happening just few hours after General Buhari signed another peace accord, and described members of the APC as violent.”
Obuah called on the Ogoni people and all members of the PDP to remain calm and law abiding, promising that Poronem must be arrested and prosecuted.