The Abuja Bureau Chief of the Nigerian Tribune, Dr. Leon Usigbe, escaped death yesterday night when a group of armed Robbers attacked him in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
Information reaching us at Greenbarge Reporters online newspaper said that the armed robbers attacked and stabbed him in several parts of his body, living him with deep cuts on his right hand and backside.
The information had that Dr. Leon had just left a meeting between former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) House of Representatives Caucus hosted by the House Minority Leader, Ndudi Elemelu, at his Lobito Crescent, Wuse residence.
It was learnt that the robbers, who were speaking Hausa language, swooped on him as he alighted from his car to mount a reflective triangle behind, just as the engine suddenly went off at the traffic stop.
The bad boys were said to have grabbed him by his neck from behind and indiscriminately unleashed sharp objects on his body, almost severing his right thumb.
The robbers succeeded in dispossessing him of his two mobile phones, including an iPhone 13 pro and Samsung Galaxy A32 series, before disappearing into the wasteland opposite the Phase 4 Federal Secretariat.
Drenched in his own blood, he managed to walk to the nearby police post at the Federal Secretariat where some policewomen on duty conveyed him to the State House Medical Centre for treatment.
His wounds were stitched up before being discharged today, March 2.
We in Greenbarge Reporters online newspaper send our sympathy to the Editor and prayer for his quick heal.
