Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar’s convoy, has been attacked in Borno State.
Daily Trust reports that the attacked happened in Maiduguri, the state capital on Wednesday, November 9, 2022.
A video making the rounds on social media, captures a group of people running in different directions as gunshots went off.
This comes hours after the presidential campaign trail of the PDP landed in Borno, an All Progressives Congress (APC) controlled state, on Wednesday.
Former lawmaker and spokesman of the Atiku Campaign organisation, Dino Malaye, accused the ruling APC for being behind the attack 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.”
As at presstime, the APC was yet to react to Melaye’s allegation.
Meanwhile, sources said hundreds of suspected political thugs were spotted at strategic locations along Maiduguri/Kano road.
