Alex Otti, the All Progressive Grand Alliance candidate in the governorship election in Abia State, has alleged that he narrowly escaped an assassination attempt on his life.

Otti said the gunmen invaded  his private guest house at Maitama District in Abuja in the wee hours of this morning.

The guber candidate made the disclosure at a news briefing on Friday, July 24 at his campaign office in Umuahia.

He revealed that the gunmen invaded his home around 2am, but he had left for Umuahia on Thursday morning to attend the tribunal proceeding in his petition against the election of Governor Okezie Ikpeazu.

Otti said he was informed that the attackers gained access into his house through the back fence and shot and killed one of the policemen guarding the house.

He said, “It was a pure case of assassination attempt on my life but the God I serve did not allow them to succeed.

“I have been in Abuja for one whole week and guess what could have happened if I did not leave in the morning before the attack.”