By Damilare Adeleye
Reports have confirmed that the Chairman of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria, Rivers State chapter, Allwell Ihunda, escaped death narrowly as angry youths chased him along Moscow Road in Port Harcourt, the state capital, on Tuesday.
Ihunda, who is the outgoing Chairman of Port Harcourt City Local Government Area, was on his way to the council secretariat with some aides and security details when the incident occurred.
It was learnt that he had alighted from his vehicle and tried to make his way into the council but met a group of youths who occupied the entrance.
Almost immediately, the youth started shouting, chasing him, the youths tried to get hold of Ibunda, who raced towards his car.
But the security details attached to him, resisted the youths from getting hold of their principal, shooting into the air to disperse them.
Ihunda jumped into a black SUV vehicle, escorted by aides and zoomed off while the youths continued shooting into the air.
Two other vehicles, including a white van believed to be that of aides of the outgoing chairman, were spotted going after him, while the youths rained abuses at him.
Some of the youth were heard shouting, “That is him, Allwell. Chase him. Who is he? Look at him, Mayor is running. Chase him. Are you mad? God punish you.
“Don’t run, come, you will see pressure. We are not afraid of you. You are mad. Thunder will fire you.”
But some of his security details were seen trying to calm the youths who refused to listen to them, saying, ” Why is he running?”