Former President Goodluck Jonathan escaped death this morning when some suspected militants working for the opposition party in Bayelsa State drove into his convey, according to Leadership newspaper.
The men, who intercepted and drove into a short motorcade conveying the former President from the Julius Berger bridge area of the state capital Yenagoa, trailed and chased the motorcade to the entrance of the Yenagoa private residence of the former President in the Kpansia area of the town, before they were overpowered and arrested by a combined team of security operatives attached to the former President.
Members of the arrested gang have been taken to the Bayelsa State Police Command for further investigation and interrogation.
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