"I Didn't Come Here to die": Phones Missing, Stone-throwing, Atiku Cries Out as Thugs Disrupt Kaduna Rally
- Thugs on Monday, October 17, invaded the Ranches Bees Stadium in Kaduna, where Atiku Abubakar held his campaign rally
- The hoodlums were said to have stolen the phones of PDP supporters who were at the venue and threw stones at other persons
- Disappointed over the development, Atiku called on President Muhammadu Buhari to ensure that this stops as the 2023 elections draw closer
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Kaduna - The campaign rally of Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Kaduna on Monday, October 17, was greeted with some level of violence from unidentified thugs.
Covering the rally, Daily Trust gathered that some thugs who invaded the venue of the exercise, Ranches Bees Stadium, caused no small mayhem.
Source: Twitter
The newspaper noted that apart from the fact that the phones of persons who were at the venue got missing, the miscreants pelted stones at PDP supporters indiscriminately, leaving the place in chaos.
One of the supporters who escaped being injured told the media house:
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“They collected the phones of innocent people at the gate before going into the venue. I’m going back home because I didn’t come here to die or get injured because only God knew who these thugs are or who sent them."
Atiku reacts to thugs disrupting rally
Reacting to the incident via his Twitter page, Atiku described it as undemocratic, saying that it goes against the peace accord signed by parties recently.
The former vice president also cried out to President Muhammadu Buhari to call parties as well as their supporters to order so that the coming general elections will be void of violence.
His words:
“I have just received emergency reports of attacks on @OfficialPDPNig supporters by thugs sponsored to scuttle the ongoing PDP campaign rally in Kaduna State. This is undemocratic and against the Peace Accord all parties signed up for just a few weeks ago.
“I urge President Muhammadu Buhari to call on all parties to call their supporters and members to order and to ensure that campaigns, just as with the elections themselves, are kept free, fair and safe.”
See his tweets below:
PDP holds massive rally in Uyo as Atiku vows to rescue Nigeria from poverty, insecurity
Atiku had promised to rescue Nigeria from insecurity, poverty, disunity, and youth unemployment.
He stated this on Monday, October 10, during the official kick-off of the PDP presidential campaign in Uyo, Akwa Ibom state.
Atiku said if elected, he would restore Nigeria’s education.
Source: Legit.ng
