Unknown thugs have reportedly attacked the Peoples Democratic party’s (PDP) Presidential candidate for the 2023 general election, Atiku Abubakar.
This was disclosed by Otaigbe Imadegbelo one of his supporters on Twitter.
According to Otaigbe, APC thugs are the ones behind the attack.
He wrote “Atiku’s convoy attacked in Maiduguri by APC thugs .. No amount of that drug baron thugs will stop our rally in Borno today.”
Confirming the attack during the party rally, the PDP spokesperson, Dino Melaye stated that the All Progressives Congress (APC) tried to stop their campaign in the state by deploying thugs to attack them.
According to Dino, he said, “They deployed their thugs to attack our convoys with stones, sticks, machetes as we left the Shehu’s Palace to come to the Ramat Square, all in an attempt to stop our rally.”
he lamented that thugs were deployed in strategic positions, but nobody can stop them.
No fewer than 74 persons were hospitalised while over 100 vehicles were vandalised.
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