Gunmen attacked the convoy of the suspended Deputy Speaker, Edo State House of Assembly, Festus Ibea and two other members of the assembly in the state, PM News reports.
The lawmakers were reportedly returning from Ebele area of the state, where they had attended the investiture of the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Anthony Anenih, by the Anglican Church during their 16th Synod when their convoy was attacked.
The two other lawmakers attacked were Emmanuel Okoduwa, and Patrick Iluobe of the PDP in the House.
One of the assailants was shot dead while the driver of the car which the lawmakers were was also shot in the crossfire that ensued between the gunmen and the security details of the deputy speaker.