Earlier today, unidentified political thugs attacked the convoy of President
Goodluck Jonathan in Katsina State during the continuation of his re-election
campaign. It's pertinent to note that the presidential candidate of the APC,
Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), is from the state.
Trouble started when Jonathan, accompanied by Vice President Namadi Sambo;
National Chairman of the PDP, Alhaji Adamu Muazu;
and Governor Ibrahim Shema of Katsina State among others, decided to pay a
courtesy visit to the late President Umoru Yar’Adua’s mother, Hajiya Dada.
As the President and members of his entourage made their way into the
Yar’Adua Quarters, the brooms-wielding youths, who were suspected to be members
of the APC, chanting “Sai Buhari,” surged forward.
Security agents had a hectic time dispersing the crowd. The youths regrouped
and again moved to attack the President’s convoy as he was ready to leave the
residence after the visit.
Security agents fired tear gas canisters to disperse the youths to allow
vehicles in the convoy speed off. As the presidential delegation made their way
towards the Katsina Airport, the youths hurled stones at the convoy.
While addressing a rally earlier at the NYSC Camp in the state capital,
Jonathan had attributed his Presidency to the late President, who, he said,
chose him as the Vice President in 2007. For this reason, the President
promised to always meet the needs of the people of the state before they ask.
Hear him: “But for you, I would not have been here today. It was your own
son that brought me as his deputy. Anything that you want from me, we will do
it without you asking for it.”
He listed some of the achievements of his administration to include the
establishment of a federal university and establishment of Almajiri schools
among others...
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