Tambuwal, Deputy, Other PDP Stalwarts Escape Attack

Sokoto State governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, his deputy, Alhaji Manir Dan’Iya and several Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stalwarts in Sokoto escaped by whiskers from attacks by suspected miscreants yesterday in Wamakko area of the state.

Their convoy, returning from campaign rallies in Silame local government area and Wamakko local government area respectively, was attacked in the outskirts of Wamakko town, on their way back to Sokoto township.

Aside from Tambuwal and his deputy, Hon. Manir Dan’Iya, who survived the attack, other notable dignitaries on the convoy who escaped unhurt include, the PDP state governorship candidate, Malam Saidu Umar, the deputy governorship candidate, Hon Sagir Bafarawa and the visiting Kebbi State PDP gubernatorial candidate, Gen Aminu Bande (rtd).

An eyewitness, who described the governor and his convoy as having a narrow escape, told LEADERSHIP that some of the cars in the convoy had their windscreens damaged.

An anonymous source said, “There was pandemonium and everyone had to think of escape. By the time the dust settled, two of the vehicles I can identify were those of the Governor’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity and the official SUV that conveyed the Permanent Secretary (Protocol) to the Governor.

“The attackers threw stones at the moving vehicles in the convoy striking the front windscreen of the Governor’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity official SUV and piercing the rear screen of the official SUV in tow, conveying the Permanent Secretary (Protocol) to the Governor.”

Highlight of the campaign rallies was the defection of Zayyanu Wamakko, a notable political ally of former governor Aliyu Wamakko, from the opposition APC to PDP, in Wamakko local government area of the state.