President Buhari’s aide,
who is a Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on National
Assembly Matters (House of Representatives), is also a senatorial aspirant for
Kano South senatorial district. He had also raised the alarm over threat to his
life by agents of his political opponent, Senator Kabiru Gaya.
President Buhari’s aide,
Alhaji Abdulrahman Kawu Sumaila, reportedly escaped an assassination attempt in
Kano State while addressing over 3000 All Progressives Congress (APC)
supporters, who had gathered for the direct governorship primaries of the party
in the state.
Alhaji Abdulrahman Kawu
Sumaila who revealed the assassination attempt during an emergency press
briefing held at NUJ Kano Press Centre yesterday, said that a former Chairman
of Sumaila Local Government Area (LGA) and campaign Director of Senator Kabiru
Gaya, Alhaji Abdulhamid Idris Rimi, led a group of unknown persons who stormed
Sumaila ward and attempted to attack him.
According to him, eight
armed unknown men approached him at the All Progressive Congress (APC)’s
Sumaila ward office where the party primaries was taking place and tried to
attack him with dangerous weapons. He concluded his statement by revealing that
the police later arrested two of the suspects, including Senator Kabiru Gaya’s
campaign Director who are currently at Sumaila police station.
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