Angry youths stone Jonathan’s convoy in Taraba, Nigeria

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President Goodluck Jonathan’s convoy was again stoned on Thursday by some aggrieved youths in Jalingo, Taraba State.

Jonathan was in the city in continuation of the Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential rally.

His convoy had before Thursday been stoned in Katsina and Bauchi states when he went to seek the votes for his re-election bid.

It was gathered that the windscreens and windows of some of the vehicles on the convoy were destroyed before security operatives used tear gas and horsewhips to disperse the youths.

Those who witnessed the Thursday incident narrated that the incident occurred when the President’s convoy was going to the palace of the Emir of Muri, Abass Tafida, from the airport.

Another set of angry youths descended on the state PDP secretariat in Jalingo, while Jonathan was busy campaigning.

It took the intervention of security agents to save the edifice from being reduced to rubble by the angry youths who vandalised 12 vehicles on the premises.

The spokesman for the PDP in the state, Napoleon Adamu,who lamented the incident, said the youths were protesting their non-inclusion in the preparation for Jonathan’s visit. ...Punch