Gun Shots As Atiku Is Attacked In Maiduguri (Video)

The convoy of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), was attacked in Maiduguri, Borno State, on Wednesday.

In a video seen on social media, a group of people were seen running in different directions as gunshots rend the air.

The presidential campaign trail of the opposition party landed in Borno, an All Progressives Congress (APC) controlled state, on Wednesday.

Our correspondent saw vandalised vehicles in the convoy of Atiku at Ramat Square in Maiduguri, the state capital.

Spokesman of the Atiku Campaign, Senator Dino Malaye, blamed the attack on the ruling party in Borno.

Melaye lamented that more than 70 people were hospitalised.

“They wanted to prevent us from doing holding the campaign, as we speak, 74 people were injured and hospitalised.

“Several vehicles were vandalised by APC thugs.”

Daily Trust correspondent saw hundreds of suspected political thugs at strategic locations along Maiduguri/Kano road.

Meanwhile the news that Atiku was attacked in Maiduguri came as one of his main challengers in the election, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu was fending off social media attacks of a drugs indictment against him by the United States Government. His media men have launched an offensive to debunk what they claim as a false narrative.

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