Police Confirm One Dead In Attack On Tambuwal’s Motorcade

The Sokoto State Police Command has revealed that one person died after being hit by stray bullets following allegedly attacked on Gov. Aminu Tambuwal’s motorcade by hoodlums in Sokoto on Saturday.

The command Police Public Relation Officer, DSP Cordelia Nwawe, in a statement, also revealed that one person sustained gun shot injuries during the attack.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the People Democratic Party (PDP) had organised a reception rally to welcome Tambuwal after his failed attempt to secure the 2019 presidential ticket of the party.

The governor was welcomed backed by a crowd of supporters at the Sultan Abubakar III International Airport, Sokoto and went in a motorcade to the Government House.

The event became marred with violence as political thugs armed with dangerous weapons destroyed billboards, building structures and vehicles bearing inscriptions of the opposition party.

Naija News understands that All Progressive Congress (APC) branded cars were destroyed by mobs along the Sokoto State University.

The motorcade was then forced to stop along Gawon Nama, near the resident of Sen. Aliyu Wamakko, when another set of mobs carrying arms confronted it.

But for the efforts of security operatives, the governor would have been attacked.

A relative of the deceased who pleaded anonymity told NAN that the deceased, Imran Ahmad-Alkanci, was on his way home after visiting family relations when the incident happened.

The source said the 22-year-old was trying to get a commercial motorcycle when the bullet hit him.