Reports reaching our newsdesk indicates that the Managing Director of the Nigerian Compass Newspaper, Sina Kawonise and one of the two police orderly attached to him were shot by armed men today (Tuesday) around Ikeji Arakeji in Osun State.
DailyPost was able to gathered that the unknown gunmen immediately opened fire on sighting his car in order to force his vehicle to a stop but were engaged in a gun duel by the two orderlies attached to Mr. Kawonise which made the attackers fled the scene when they sensed they will be overpowered.
Mr Kawonise was shot in the leg by the attackers while one of the two policemen also suffered gunshot wounds and were rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment.
Mr.Kawonise was on his way back from Anambra where he was the keynote speaker at the 17th Annual Conference of the Nigerian Anthropological and Sociological Association which held at the Nnamdi Azikwe University, Awka.
Mr. Adegbenro Adebanjo, media aide to the newspaper boss confirmed the attack adding that police have commenced investigations into the incident.
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