Angry youths in Bida, hometown of Governor Umar Bago of Niger State, have attacked the governor’s convoy on Sunday, pelting vehicles with stones, injuring several people, including one of the governor’s close aides, Abubakar Mustapha, Chairman of the New Niger Development Project.
It was learnt that the unrest began after a failed cash-sharing by the governor ahead of the elections.
The governor reportedly shared money to only a few among hundreds who gathered at his residence, sparking outrage.
The rampaging youth damaged the governor’s billboards and vandalised several vehicles.
The attack was the second in two days. The first was a stampede at a similar event in Bida, where a teenage girl reportedly died and several others were injured.
Some women were said to have faced domestic repercussions after attending the event without their husbands’ consent.
Neither Bago nor his spokesperson have responded to calls on the mob attack. Also, calls to the Special Adviser to the governor on Communication Strategy, Jonathan Vatsa, were not returned.
