Chief Godwin Okeke owner of GUO motors, escaped an assassination attempt near his residence at GRA Onitsha. The popular transporters close brush with death comes barely one month after popular Young Shall Grow motors boss was nearly killed by assassins in FESTAC.
Gunmen opened fire on the business magnate’s Sports Utility Vehicle at the gate of his residence, due to their suspicions that he was in the vehicle. Luckily it was only his driver that was in the car.
Recounting his ordeal, Okeke narrated: “I came back yesterday about 10 minutes earlier and I sent my driver to go and buy something. Shortly after that, we began to hear terrifying gunshots in front of the gate.
“It was when the assailants trailed the car, thinking that I was inside; they first opened fire at the windscreen, directing it at the front seat where they thought a security man was sitting.
“They shattered the windscreen, shot again at the driver and the bullets miraculously missed his forehead and just scratched his head and the bullets also hit his hand.”
“They also shattered the tyres of the vehicle and riddled the whole vehicle with over 60 bullets. The operation was a very brief one because it lasted for about five minutes.
“The assailants came purposely to eliminate me because within the last few months, I have been receiving threats from various criminal gangs, ordering me to leave Onitsha and Anambra State completely.
“But I told them that nobody can force me out of Onitsha or Anambra State. They probably thought I was inside the car because when they forced the door open, they were asking where is Oga?, before they left.”