A former Deputy Governor of Zamfara State, Ibrahim Wakkala has escaped death in Monday’s terrorists attack on Abuja-Kaduna train.
This followed gunshot wound during attack Monday night.
SINL Nigeria reports that the train conveying hundreds of passengers from Abuja to Kaduna was attacked by gunmen suspected to be terrorists between Katari and Rijana in Kaduna State.
An aide to the former Deputy Governor said that Mr Wakkala who was returning from the APC National Convention which held on Saturday was shot during the cross fire between the terrorists and the military and has been moved to a military hospital in Kaduna for treatment.
The spokesperson of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara State, Yusuf Idris also confirmed the incident.
Idris said the former Deputy Governor was initially abducted by the terrorists during the attack and was successfully rescued by the combined forces of DSS and Military
“He was initially abducted but was rescued by the DSS and military, it was during the process he sustain gunshot injury in the leg.”
