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Governor escapes assassination

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    Lagos State Governor Bola Tinubu on Sunday escaped an assassination attempt in which four other people were killed. Recounting his experience, Tinubu - who was unhurt - said attackers shot at his convoy while he was on his was home from a tour of waste collection operations and security arrangements in the city. Police Commissioner Mike Okiro blamed the attack on the Yoruba Oodua People's Congress, held responsible for several outbreaks of ethnic violence over the past two months in which some 100 people have died, AFP reported. Police have arrested two prominent people in connection with the attack on the governor, `The Guardian' said. Tinubu said the attack reinforced his position that the state needed at least 20,000 additional policemen to safeguard life and property of Lagos' eight million residents, `The Guardian' reported.

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