The lawmaker representing Bonny Constituency in the State House of Assembly, Abinye Pepple, and Chairman of Bonny LGA, David Irimagha, among others escaped an assassination attempt today at Finiapiri-Ama (Amauda) in Banigo Isile-Ogono Community in Bonny Local Government Area of Rivers State.

Leader of the Bonny Local Government Legislative Assembly, Miriam Hart was not so lucky as she is currently battling for her life at an undisclosed medical facility after sustaining gunshot injuries from yet-to-be-identified gunmen who invaded the community.

Pepple, Irimagha, and Hart were among guests who were in the community to pay their last respects to the now demised entrepreneur, politician and philanthropist, late Kenneth Miebaradima Kalada Banigo.

Kristina Reports reliably learnt that sporadic shootings started few minutes after the deceased’s coffin was lowered into the grave and the lawmaker, local government chairman, together with other guests made their way to the waterfront to board their boats.

Eyewitnesses say the gunmen opened fire on the guests injuring several of them while the lucky ones escaped into nearby bushes for cover.

The gunmen later abducted a yet-to-be-ascertained number of persons with whom they made away into the nearby creeks.

Three of the abducted victims were identified as Sunny Hart, Thomas Allison and Theophilus Ibiama.

Sources within the security apparatus revealed to Kristina Reports that investigation was on to unravel the circumstances around the incident and apprehend the hoodlums.

An eyewitness told Kristina Reports that one of the armed hoodlums was masked raising suspicions that he may be an indigene of the area and does not want to be identified.

Today’s incident brings the number of kidnap incidents in Bonny LGA to two within 9 months.