Thugs attack Buhari’s wife’s convoy in Ilorin

The convoy of Aishat Buhari, wife of Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, was on Monday attacked by suspected political thugs in Ilorin, Kwara State.

Aishat and some APC women were returning from a visit to the Emir of Ilorin, Ibrahim Zulu-Gambari, when the attack took place. They were in the city for a two-day voter education summit for women in the state.

It was learnt that no one was hurt in the incident that left no fewer than 10 vehicles in the convoy damaged.

The state APC chairman, Ishiola Balogun-Fulani, who confirmed the attack to journalists, accused a Peoples Democratic Party chieftain of being behind it.

He advised the police and other security agencies in the state not only to be on the alert but to call PDP members in the state to order.

Mr. Tajudeen Abdulkareem, a media aide to the PDP Kwara State governorship candidate, Simeon Ajibola, said PDP members were not involved in the attack. He said the attack might have been masterminded by those who worked for APC leader in the state, Dr. Bukola Saraki.

He said, “Those who harrased Mrs. Buhari cannot be our members. They may be area boys who wanted to extort money. They are the boys used and abandoned by the APC state leader, Dr. Bukola Saraki.”

...Punch