PDP: 74 injured , 100 vehicles vandalized in Borno

PDP: 74 injured , 100 vehicles vandalized in Borno

By: Babagana Wakil

At least 74 persons were hospitalised while several vehicles amounting to 100 were reportedly  vandalised as hoodlums attacked the convoy of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP), Presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital.

The PDP Spokesperson, Senator Dino Melaye disclosed this during the party rally in Maiduguri.

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He pointed an accusing finger on the All Progressives Congress (APC) of trying to stop their campaign in the state by deploying thugs to attack them. He said that deployed thugs attacked the convoys with stones, sticks, machetes as they left the Shehu’s Palace to come to the Ramat Square, all in an attempt to stop our rally.

He lamented that the thugs were deployed in many strategic locations to attack our supporters, Dino Mlaye explained.

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, today, Wednesday, the 9th of November 2022.

Several vehicles in the convoy of Atiku were vandalised at Ramat Square in Maiduguri, the state capital. According to the eye witness who spoke under the condition of anonymity said so many people were badly were severely wounded and close to 100 vehicles also vandalized .

PDP: 74 injured , 100 vehicles vandalized in Borno