Police confirms death of innocent individual during attack on Tambuwal’s convoy in Sokoto

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- Police in Sokoto have confirmed that one person died during the attack on Governor Aminu Tambuwal’s convoy

- Political thugs armed with dangerous weapons destroyed billboards, building structures and vehicles bearing inscriptions of the PDP, as the governor proceeded to the Government House

- The deceased was trying to get a commercial motorcycle when a bullet hit him

The Sokoto state Police Command has confirmed the death of one person as a result of stray bullets fired when hoodlums allegedly attacked Governor Aminu Tambuwal’s motorcade in Sokoto on Saturday, October 13.

The command’s spokesperson, DSP Cordelia Nwawe, told newsmen that one other person who was injured during the incident had been hospitalized, NAN reports.

NAIJ.com gathers that the PDP had organised a reception rally to welcome Tambuwal after his failed attempt to secure the 2019 presidential ticket of the party.

The governor was received by a crowd of supporters at the Sultan Abubakar III International Airport, Sokoto, and went in a motorcade to the Government House.

The event was, however, not-hitch free as political thugs armed with dangerous weapons destroyed billboards, building structures and vehicles bearing inscriptions of the opposition party.

A car bearing the APC logo and painting travelling to Sokoto from Bodinga was also set ablaze by mobs along the Sokoto State University.

The motorcade was then forced to stop along Gawon Nama, near the resident of Senator Aliyu Wamakko, when another set of mobs carrying arms confronted it.

It took the efforts of security operatives to get it moving again.

A relative of the deceased who pleaded anonymity, disclosed that the deceased, Imran Ahmad-Alkanci, was on his way home after visiting family relations when the incident happened.

The source said the 22-year-old was trying to get a commercial motorcycle when the bullet hit him.

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Meanwhile, NAIJ.com previously reported that Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto state may have decided to run for a second term in office after failing to secure the presidential ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

The immediate past commissioner for local government affairs in the state, Manir Dan’iya, who was supposed to contest the governorship race after Tambuwal made known his presidential ambition, reportedly stepped down for the governor.

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