Atiku’s Convoy Attack in Borno: Dino Melaye Blames APC As 71 Hospitalised

Dare devil gunmen have attacked the convoy of Presidential Candidate of the  People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar in Borno on Wednesday leaving scores of supporters badly injured and hospitalised.

The gunmen were said to have opened fire on the convoy in a video seen on social media, where a group of people were seen running helter-skelter as gunshots rend the air.

Several vehicles in the convoy of Atiku at Ramat Square in Maiduguri, the state capital were also vandalized even as spokesman of the Atiku Campaign, Senator Dino Malaye, blamed the attack on the ruling APC party in Borno.

Melaye lamented that more than 70 people have been hospitalised.

“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.”

The APC is yet to react to Melaye’s allegation as of the time of filing this report.