Senator Muhammad Danjuma Goje’s convoy was alledgedly
attacked in Gombe by suspected thugs on the orders of the ADC to governor Inuwa
Yahaya, while on his way to attend the wedding of his granddaughter, Fatima
Abdullahi Musa on Friday.
This was contained in a statement sent by the
Media aide to the lawmaker, Mrs Lilian Nworie, saying that the attack took
place when Goje was being conveyed in a convoy from the airport to the venue of
the wedding.
The statement noted that the convoy had a smooth ride until
they were blocked and the thugs attacked the vehicle conveying the bride.
Part of the statement read: “Distinguished Senator’s trip
was peaceful until the governor’s aides, including his aide-de-camp and his
personal driver, blocked the road. For two hours, they unleashed terror on
Senator Goje and those in his convoy.
“It is unfortunate that one life was lost and many cars
vandalised including the Senator’s vehicle. They smashed the windscreen. All
efforts to make the governor’s aide-de-camp remove the blockade yielded no
result as he insisted that he got instruction from above that the former
governor should not be allowed into the town, “the media aide said.
She said the governor’s driver, Aminu Hula and Gombe State
APC Youth Leader, Kawu Lero have been arrested by the State Police Command.
“They have been arrested but the aide-de-camp who led the
people to attack the former governor has since returned to those who sent him.
But in an official statement by the Gombe State government
which was signed by the Commissioner for Information and Culture, Julius Ishaya
Lepes, accused the ex-governor of mobilising thugs in a show of power.
The statement condemned Senator Goje for mobilising thugs
and miscreants from all the Local Governments in the State who were armed to
accompany him from the airport, a development that made them unleash violence
on innocent citizens.
Part of the statement reads:. “Gombe State government has
condemned in strongest term, breach of peace in the State capital caused by the
visit of a former governor of the State and a Senator representing Gombe
Central Senatorial District, Muhammad Danjuma Gone.
“The former governor in his characteristic manner decides to
mobilise thugs from various LGAs, armed to their teeth under the pretext of
accompanying him from the airport into the State capital for reasons best known
to him.”
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