Fourteen arrested after attack on APC convoy in Nigeria
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on P.M. News
Fourteen suspects have been arrested after an All Progressives Congress (APC) convoy was attacked on the Yashi-Funtua road in Katsina State, Nigeria. A female passenger was injured and several vehicles damaged in the 28 October attack, according to Katsina police, who are searching for other suspects.
Fourteen people have been arrested after an APC convoy, belonging to Nigeria’s ruling party, was attacked with knives and stones on the Yashi-Funtua road in Katsina State. The attack took place at about 11am on 28 October, as the convoy travelled from Malumfashi to Funtua for a campaign launch, Katsina police spokesperson Deputy Commissioner Abubakar Sadiq-Aliyu said in a statement.
The attackers smashed the windscreens of several vehicles in the convoy and other cars. A passenger in a commercial vehicle was injured, while police deployed along the route restored order and arrested the suspects, according to Abubakar Sadiq-Aliyu.
Katsina State Commissioner of Police Ali Umar-Fage condemned the attack and warned that his service would not tolerate political violence. Police are continuing their search for other suspects who fled, he added.
