The motorcade of Nigeria’s former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), was attacked in Maiduguri, Borno State, on Wednesday.
A group of people were seen running in different directions in Ramat Square as gunshots rent the air in a video that has gone viral on social media. Several political thugs were sighted at strategic locations along Maiduguri-Kano road.
The presidential campaign trail of the opposition party arrived in Borno, an All Progressives Congress (APC) controlled state, on Wednesday.
Spokesperson of the Atiku Campaign, Senator Dino Malaye, blamed the attack on the ruling party in Borno.
“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,” Melaye stated.
