Senator Remi Tinubu Convoy Attacked By Angry #OccupyNigeria Protesters

The wife of the leader of Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Bola Tinubu, Senator Oluremi Tinubu and four other senators narrowly escaped death in Ibadan on Wednesday after angry #OccupyNigeria protesters attacked their convoy.

The senators, who were travelling by road to Abuja, were allegedly led by police escorts, following the grounding of flights in airports across the country  as a result of the strike declared by labour unions to protest government's removal of subsidy on fuel.

According to an eyewitness, the protesters damaged five cars belonging to the senators, including the vehicles of the police escorts.

"The cars 'windscreens and windows were allegedly shattered and the senators' valuable belongings were stolen by the mob," an eyewitness said.

Mrs Tinubu was on the trip with Olugbenga Ashafa (ACN Lagos State); Babafemi Ojudu (ACN Ekiti State); Babajide Omoworare (ACN Osun State) and a yet to be identified senator.

They all got stranded at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, on Tuesday, missing the Senate's first plenary for the year.

The senators escaped the attack unhurt and were headed back to Lagos.