According to available information, the Senator escaped being killed during a meeting of the All Progressives Congress in Ikire, Irewole Local Government Area of Osun State on Sunday.
This is coming on the heels of the assassination on Wednesday of the Lecturer of the D.S. Adegbenro ICT Polytechnic, Itori, Ogun State, Mufutau Waliu, by suspected assassins operating in an unregistered car.
The relationship between Emmanuel and Esther was said to be “stronger than death” until a misunderstanding, which lasted till midnight, allegedly broke out between them
He said: “As I was waiting for my friend, a tall, young man with a Kalashinov gun approached me and as I asked him what the problem was, a short fellow appeared from nowhere and brandished a pistol
The Director of Naval Information, Commodore Kabir Aliyu, who confirmed the incident in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on telephone in Lagos, however, could not immediately provide details of how the incident happened