From Femi Oyelola, Kaduna
The Labour Party governorship campaign convoy of Hon Jonathan Asake in Kaduna state was attacked by thugs yesterday in Gidan Waya, Jema’a local government area of Kaduna State.
The media Aide to Jonathan Asake James Swam stated this in a statement made available to the media in Kaduna yesterday.
The statement stated that four youths were injured in the process, including two boys and two girls. No vehicle was damaged.
The incident happened when the campaign convoy was passing through Gidan Waya during Friday prayers on its way to Godogodo and other towns as the campaign team tour the local government.
After the first three vehicles in the convoy made their way through the old tyres used to demarcate the road, thugs started throwing stones, big sticks and other harmful objects at the long convoy.
It took the timely intervention of the security personnel attached to the candidate to forestall a crisis.
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