[size=14pt]Youths stone Ribadu’s convoy in Zamfara •ACN Bauchi gov candidate attacked, one killed [/size]
Written by Muhammad Sabiu and Ishola Michael Monday, 21 March 2011

ACTION Congress of Nigeria (ACN) presidential candidate, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, escaped being lynched in Zamfara

on Saturday when furious youths barricaded and stoned his motorcade at the palace of the Emir of Gusau.

Eyewitnesses told the Nigerian Tribune that it took the intervention of the police and other security personnel to disperse the crowd before Mallam Ribadu could sneak into the palace.

Investigation by the Nigerian Tribune revealed that the party was enmeshed in crisis, following the replacement of its governorship standard-bearer, Alhaji Sarki Surajo, with Alhaji Bala Muhammad Dansadau.

The youth, who stormed the emir’s palace, were angry because of the way the state leadership of the party replaced their candidate and they were insisting that their presidential candidate Mallam Ribadu must come along with their candidate.

Speaking in an interview with newsmen, the embattled governorship candidate of the ACN in Zamfara State, Alhaji Surajo, maintained that he was still the standard-bearer of the party in the state.

According to him, “we have a pending court case in the Federal High Court until the court rules otherwise.

“So what happened today (Saturday) was a clear contempt of the court. Nobody has the right to give any flag to anybody,” Surajo declared.

Meanwhile, Mallam Ribadu has accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of being responsible for the recent political crisis bedevilling the country.

“The party (PDP) in its quest for power is gradually planting the seed of discord and heating the polity. It seems today, most Nigerians do not have confidence in the party and government.”

Speaking in Gusau, on Saturday, during a presidential campaign tour, Ribadu took a swipe at the antecedents at the ruling PDP in the last 12 years and concluded that the PDP was the main problem facing Nigeria.

Meanwhile, it has been confirmed that at least one person was killed while seven others were seriously injured at the weekend when armed political thugs attacked the campaign team of Bauchi State governorship candidate of the ACN, Senator Baba Tela in Giade.

Briefing newsmen on the incident in Bauchi, on Sunday, the ACN deputy governorship candidate, Mallam Ali Wakili and the Media Adviser to Senator Tela, Nasiru Ibrahim Darazo, said, “the thugs burnt down five vehicles in our train and molested people until armed policemen came to our rescue.”

They added that the policemen saved the victims from the assailants and advised them to conclude their campaign rally and leave the town since their security could not be guaranteed, considering the greater number of the thugs compared to the policemen around.

Darazo also said that they had given the Bauchi State government and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which he alleged sponsored the thugs, five days to pay them compensation or a necessary action be taken against them.

Wakili said after they left Giade town on their way to Azare, the thugs blocked the road and burnt down another vehicle, while the policemen had to intervene before they could continue their journey to Azare.

The state Police Commissioner, Mohammed Abdulkadir Indabawa, said “they informed me about the incident and I advised them to report the matter to the Giade police division for necessary action.”

In their separate reactions to the allegations, the publicity secretary of the PDP, Sani Al’amin Moham-med and the Special Adviser to Governor Isa Yuguda on Politics and Mobilisation, Abdulmumini Mohammed Kundak, said the PDP and the state government had no hand in the attack, adding that the government had sponsored a bye law that prohibited the use of weapons during campaigns.

They said that it was mischief for the AC N to blame the PDP and the state government.

http://tribune.com.ng/index.php/front-page-news/19148-youths-stone-ribadus-convoy-in-zamfara-acn-bauchi-gov-candidate-attacked-one-killed

Throwing stones is the new campaign strategy introduced by the CPC. Something must be done to curtail the scourge.
It is disgraceful and barbaric for adults to throw stones at others, simply because their views are opposing.

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Beaf:

Throwing stones is the new campaign strategy introduced by the CPC. Something must be done to curtail the scourge.

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Just a quick question though, how old are you? You really are an EEDIOT.

na wa for this election ohh, I dont know where in a civilise word you throw stones at political candidates you dont agree with. May God Indeed help us in the forth coming election before the 50 year-old country collapses.

Pataki:

Just a quick question though, how old are you? You really are an EEDIOT.

Shut up.

Bintus2much:

na wa for this election ohh, I dont know where in a civilise word you throw stones at political candidates you dont agree with. May God Indeed help us in the forth coming election before the 50 year-old country collapses.

Exactly! One has to be really concerned with the lengths some have gone. Why throw stones and explode bombs like primitive people?
These things are very dangerous developments that need to be watched. The entire army needs to be mobilised for the elections and any stone thrower shot like a chicken. This thing is going too far.

Bintus2much:

na wa for this election ohh, I dont know where in a civilise word you throw stones at political candidates you dont agree with. May God Indeed help us in the forth coming election before the 50 year-old country collapses.

You made absolutely no sense, what do you suggest be done