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[JUST IN] Bandits Reportedly Attack Ganduje’s Convoy
- Ganduje was in Zamfara State to attend the welcoming of Governor Bello Matawale of Zamfara, who defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
There was heavy gunfire when security operatives attached to the Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, repelled an attack aimed at the governor’s convoy by gunmen suspected to be bandits.
Though it was reported that Ganduje was not in the convoy when it came under attack by the bandits who blocked Zamfara, Katsina and Kano Road, around Shema on Tuesday.
Ganduje was in Zamfara State to attend the welcoming of Governor Bello Matawale of Zamfara, who defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Read also: APC Stakeholders Meet In Kaduna Over Matawalle’s Planned Defection
According to reports, after the occasion, he joined Jigawa State Governor, Muhammadu Abubakar Badaru, back to Kano.
A source explained that Governor Ganduje was not happy that his convoy did not fill their tanks for the return journey and he ordered them to proceed while he joined Badaru.
In the ensuing gun duel, three police officers sustained minor bullet injuries. While the convoy ambulance was riddled with bullets, another vehicle was said to have lost its tires after being hit by bullets.
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