Breaking: Ribadu Escapes Mob
Attack In Adamawa
*Rescued By Soldiers On Guard At River Benue
In Numan
Controversial governorship candidate of the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) In Adamawa
State, Mallam Nuhu Ribau on Thursday narrowly
escaped being lynched by angry youths in the
state in protest against the manner of his
emergence as the candidate of the ruling party.
The unfortunate incident occurred at about 5.
30pm on Thursday in Numan the Capital of
Southern Senatorial District of Adamawa state
where he made an attempt to campaign .
Eyewitnesses who called the Newspot Nigeria
desk to relay the incident, recounted that but
for the timely intervention of a detachment of
soldiers who rushed in to rescue him and those
in his entourage; the former Chairman of the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
(EFCC) would have been lynched and
completely disgraced.
Reports had it that Ribadu in an attempt to sell
his candidature to the People of Adamawa chose
Numan as his next port of call after a successful
outing in Yola, a development said to have
angered the youths from the area who were
said to have earlier warned him to take his
campaign elsewhere.
According to reports, the initial plan by Ribadu
and his supporters was to launch his campaign
at Makwada Square in Numan, but he had to
hurriedly changed the plan with intelligence
reports that plans he was to be ambushed in the
process and disgraced by irate youths.
The angry youths were said to have fully
mobilised to give Ribadu a show-down anytime
his campaign train hit Numan, and had in the
process prepared bottle bombs, sticks and bowls
of powdery substance that can itche badly when
sprayed on the body, as weapons to be used in
‘‘dealing” with the governorship candidate.
As disclosed to Newspot Nigeria, Ribadu and
those in his entourage resolved to boycott the
planned campaign at the square and instead,
headed to the Government lodge in Numan
where he met a small crowd of supporters.
To gain time for the crowd to gather, Ribadu,
according to witnesses, decided to move to the
Palace of Hamma Bachama in Numan and was
about entering the compound of the when
hell was let lose.
A youth Corper who was in the entourage of
Ribadu while narrating the incident said, “The
mayhem broke out all of a sudden. We entered
the town in a convoy of about 15 vehicles,
mostly Jeeps. The first two Jeeps had entered
into the compound successfully, while the third
was about doing so when a boy who held a huge
stone smashed it on the windshield and broke it
into pieces.
“The situation forced Ribadu and others, in
particular one Mrs Bema Zakare, a Secretary in
the Ministry of Agriculture to run into the
palace for safety, as they were almost being
mobbed by the angry youths who had gathered
to give him a show down.
“The youths became angrier and
surrounded the palace with stones of varying
sizes which they consistently hurled on the
palace. The action by
the youths resulted in a pandemonium as
Ribadu’s supporters who were caught outside
the palace took to their heels.
“When they could not get into the palace, the
visibly restless youths descended on the
vehicles that conveyed Ribadu and members on
his entourage and destroyed almost all.
“It was when the situation was getting out of
hands that the King placed an emergency call to
a batch of soldiers stationed by the bridge of
River Niger close to Numan.
“The soldiers arrived about 30 minutes later and
managed to rescue Ribadu who was held captive
in the Palace for almost an hour and
fifteen minutes, after calming down the
youths”.
According to reports, the soldiers after spiriting
Ribadu and others out of the Hamma Bachama's Palace took
him to the Benue lodge, belonging to Demsa
Local government, and was still being kept there
as at the time of filing this report.
There are reports that it was not the first time
Ribadu would be exposed to such kind of
horrible ordeal in his attempts to campaign in
Adamawa state, as he was reported to have
been so similarly embarrassed during his
campaign visit to Shelleng local government
area of the state.
Newspot Nigeria learnt that the anger of the
youths was fueled the more by the presence of
Belma Zakare on Ribadu’s entourage.
The woman had severally been accused of being
ever hostile to the youths amid sundry
allegations that she has been the mastermind of
the manner people from Adamawa were being
short-changed politically right from Abuja
where she resides.
There have been controversies over the choice
of Ribadu as the governorship candidate of PDP
in Adamawa amid allegations that he was
favoured unduly by the PDP National Secretariat
without fulfilling the lawful proceed of being
elected.
Stakeholders in Adamawa had accused the PDP
of failing to conduct the party’s governorship
and National Assembly primaries in the state as
stipulated by law, whereas the PDP
Headquarters moved the Primaries to Abuja
allegedly to favour Ribadu and others to merge
as PDP candidate.
There have been reports that Ribadu and others
who emerged from the “Kangaroo”
governorship and National Assembly primaries
in Abuja do not have the clout and the
grassroots following to win election in the state,
a reason they were being consistently booed
wherever they went to campaign in Adamawa
state

APC - Violence is our watchword!

Apc @ work... Assembly of EVIL MINDS... GEJ till 2019!!!

till I read i credible tabloidst from other

mulante:
APC - Violence is our watchword!

How dumb r u?


U didn't read the post to see it had nothing to do with ApC


It wwas Ribadu's selection that angers the youth


Empty brain!

Na APC go make u run mad


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temitemi1:
Apc @ work... Assembly of EVIL MINDS... GEJ till 2019!!!

Another MuMu!


Read b4 commenting


Zombie!

When you emerge from an illegal process how do you except the people to accept you

I don't think APC supporters are violence it just that people wants change expecially Northerners

All we know is DAT...APC at work









Gej til APC become sensible

LOL @ powdery substance that can itch badly. Waliahi, dem nor mean well for Ribadu. Comedy politics everywhere.

imagine how his eyes going to to like inside the palace


thank God for him, cos I don't know what will happen if he go there to campaign for GEJ

The attack has nothing to do APC. I was in Numan today where d insidence occurred. For those asking for source, I just came back from Numan n that's where ma family leaves