Bandits have attacked Kano State Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje’s convoy.
The attack took place along Shema in Katsina State on their way back to Kano from Zamfara State.
Muhammad Garba, the Kano State commissioner for information, confirmed the incident, disclosing that slight injuries were recorded. However, he said that Ganduje was not in the convoy.
Reports have it that the security men attached to Ganduje’s convoy engaged the bandits in a gun duel. Three police officers sustained bullet injuries, while the convoy ambulance was riddled with bullets.
Governor Ganduje was not in the convoy when the armed bandit launched its attack as he travelled along with Jigawa State Governor Muhammad Abubakar Badaru.
It will be recalled that Governor Ganduje was in Zamfara State to attend the formal defection of Governor Bello Matawale of Zamfara into the All Progressives Congress, APC.
