A gaggle of indignant youths in Bida, Niger State, on Sunday attacked the convoy of Governor Umar Bago, vandalising a number of autos and injuring a senior authorities official following a failed cash distribution train.
Sources informed DAILY POST that the governor had earlier promised residents monetary presents forward of the forthcoming native authorities elections, urging them to assemble on Friday to obtain the cash.
Nevertheless, the scenario reportedly turned chaotic when just a few people benefited from the funds, leaving many others dissatisfied and enraged.
“The governor promised that everybody would obtain cash, however just a few folks acquired something. That’s when the youths began shouting and attacking,” a resident recounted.
The mob was stated to have hurled stones and sachet water on the governor’s convoy, damaging not less than six official autos. The incident occurred close to the city corridor in Bida.
Sources added that indignant youths later vandalised marketing campaign billboards of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and of the governor throughout the city.
“The folks have been very indignant as a result of they waited for him to fulfil his promise. When he didn’t, they misplaced management,” one other eyewitness stated.
Sunday’s unrest got here simply days after a stampede throughout the same cash-sharing occasion in Bida, reportedly linked to the governor’s political outreach, which claimed the lifetime of a younger woman and left a number of others injured.
Authorities have but to concern an official assertion relating to the most recent incident as of press time.
