Nigeria Police Force has commenced investigation on the alleged assassination attempt on Senate Deputy President, Ike Ekweremadu.

Ekweremadu, his wife and son, allegedly escaped assassination attempt at their Apo residence in Abuja in the early hours of Tuesday.

He had narrowly escaped an alleged attempt on his life in Abuja on Nov. 17, 2015.

Force Public Relations Officer, Jimoh Moshood, said this while addressing newsmen in Abuja, saying
the incidence was a burglary and not an assassination attempt.

Moshood, an Acting Deputy Commissioner of Police, said similar incident also took place at the residence of Haliru Adamu, a neighbour of the deputy president, saying investigation so far carried out in the incident does not have any link to assignation attempt.

He said one of the suspects, Mohammed Yusuf who was arrested by the police was in police custody and had made useful statements.

“The suspect has been assisting the police in the investigation into the matter. We have intensified efforts to arrest other suspects who escaped from the crime scene,” he said.

He said Ekweremadu and Adamu have made statements to the police in respect of the incident, saying Adamu lost his cell phones and jewelries to the thieves while nothing was reportedly stolen from Ekweremadu’s house.

In a related development, the Police have arrested twenty suspects in connection with cattle rustling, kidnapping, armed robbery and forgery around Katsina state.

The suspects are : Labe Wada, Lawal Wada, Labaran Ilyasu, Haruna Idris, Lawal Suberu, Ilyasu Ibrahim, Jamila Aliyu, Usman Abdullahi, Sada Bala, Osuji Stephen, Abdulkadir Ilya among others.

Moshood said items recovered from the suspects included: four Ak 47, one Ak 49, one locally-made revolver, four Ak 47 magazines, one unregistered motorcycle, ammunition and three forged cheques.

He said all the suspects who were arrested by the IGP Special Strike Force, have confessed to the various roles they played in the commission of the crimes.

The spokesman said the suspects would be arraigned in court on completion of investigation into the matter, saying IGP Ibrahim Idris has directed all Assistant Inspectors General of police to beef up security in their areas of responsibilities.