Tambuwal, Deputy, PDP Chieftains Escape As Thugs Attack Their Convoy In Sokoto

There was pandemonium in Sokoto State on Sunday following the attack on the convoy of Governor Aminu Tambuwal in Wamakko Local Government Area of the state.

Naija News learned that Tambuwal’s convoy was attacked by hoodlums shortly after he led the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) campaign rally at Silame and Wamakko local councils.

It was gathered that the governor’s convoy was coming back from the third leg of the PDP statewide electioneering campaign when the hoodlums threw stones at the moving vehicles.

The attackers hit the front windscreen of the Governor’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity official SUV and damaged the rear screen of the following official SUV of the Permanent Secretary (Protocol) to the Governor.

The stone barely missed the Governor’s Special Adviser on Public Affairs, Mallam Abu Shekara, but fragments of glass from the shattered door screen sprayed his face.

Tambuwal; his deputy, Manir Muhammad Dan Iya; the PDP state governorship candidate, Saidu Umar; the deputy governorship candidate, Sagiru Bafarawa; and the visiting Kebbi State PDP governorship candidate, General Aminu Bande (retd); and other PDP bigwigs in the state who were in the convoy, were not hurt.

In a chat with The Punch, one of Tambuwal’s aides, who spoke on condition of anonymity, confirmed the attack but said the governor only held brief meetings with leaders of his party.

Wamakko is the hometown of the former governor of the state and the leader of the opposition All Progressive Congress (APC) in the state, Aliyu Wamakko.