Unidentified gunmen attacked Sen. Ifeanyi Ubah, who represents the Anambra South Senatorial District, on Sunday night, according to Anambra police.
Some people in the convoy lost their lives in the incident that occurred in the Enugwu Ukwu community of the state's Njikoka Local Government Area, but Ubah narrowly dodged the suspected assassins' gunshots.
The attack was reported to newsmen in Awka on Sunday by DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, the police public relations officer (PPRO) for Anambra. He described the incidence as tragic and sad.
He said that Mr. Echeng Echeng, the police commissioner, had already guided agents to the scene of the incident near the Nkwo Enugwu Ukwu market area.
The PPRO stated that although the incident's specifics were still hazy, operatives were on the ground and the situation was being watched.
He promised to let the public know as more information became available.
The state's governor, Chukwuma Soludo, strongly denounced the attack on Ubah's convoy.
In a statement, Christian Aburime, Soludo's press secretary, expressed his disgust.
The governor declared that his administration was entirely committed to eliminating any criminal activity in the state.
According to him, the attack was the state's criminal underworld's "final abandoned effort of a sinking boat."
He reassured the people that all security agencies were on full alert to fish out the perpetrators of the henious attack who would be made to face the full wrath of the law.
Soludo commiserated with the senator and the families of his aides killed as well as the state commissioner of police, for the policemen who also lost their lives.
Mr Kameh Ogbonna, media assistant to Ubah, had in a statement said the senator was able to escape the terror because of the bullet proof vehicle he was riding in.
“If not for the bullet proof jeep the senator was ridding in, he would have been dead by now.
“We were passing Enugwu Ukwu junction when they hit us from all sides and as I speak with you Obum, the special aide to the senator is dead.
“About seven security operatives were hit by the assassins bullet,” he stated.