Thugs Attack Labour Party Campaign Convoy In Kaduna State

Some thugs attacked the campaign convoy of the governorship candidate of the Labour Party for Kaduna State, Jonathan Asake, on Friday in Gidan Waya, Jema’a Local Government Area of the State.

According to a statement issued out was on Friday night by James Swam, Asake’s media aide, via his Facebook handle, the thugs threw stones, large sticks, and other dangerous objects at the convoy, injuring four people.

The statement reads, “The Labour Party governorship campaign convoy of Hon. Jonathan Asake in Kaduna state was attacked by thugs today in Gidan Waya, Jema’a local government area. Four youths were injured in the process, including two boys and two girls. No vehicle was damaged.

“The incident happened when the campaign convoy was passing through Gidan Waya during Friday prayers on its way to Godogodo and other towns as the campaign team tour the Local Government.

“After the first three vehicles in the convoy made their way through the old tyres used to demarcate the road, thugs started throwing stones, big sticks and other harmful objects at the long convoy.

“It took the timely intervention of the security personnel attached to the candidate to forestall a crisis.”