Youths stone Gov Aliyu, deputy in Niger, Adamawa

The handing over ceremonies in Niger and Adamawa state were not pleasant experiences for former Niger State governor, Babangida Aliyu, or the immediate past Deputy Governor of Adamawa State, Mr. Sa’ad Tahir, who were attacked at the inauguration ceremonies in their states.

Aliyu was booed on arrival at the venue of the event, while sachet water and stones were also hulled at him where he sat.

Shouts of ‘Barawo’, ‘thief’, ‘ole’, ‘change has come’, ‘your time has gone,” filled the air. Aliyu was not able to present his farewell speech as a result of the ensuing pandemonium. Even as he was seated at the pavilion

As a result of that, military men from 31 Artillery Brigade were drafted to the stadium in search of those behind the incidence.

It was gathered that former governor was earlier advised against attending the ceremony to forestall such occurrence.

Immediately after the swearing in of the new governor and his deputy, tear-gas was shot into the air leading to stampede. Aliyu was smuggled out of the stadium amidst tight security led by the state Commissioner of Police to avoid being mobbed by the crowd.

In Adamawa, Tahir, who represented out-gone Governor James Ngillari, was attacked by some youths at the inauguration of Senator Bindowo Jibrilla as the new governor of the Adamawa state.

The irate youths at the ceremony, held at Mahmud Ribadu Square in Yola, the state capital, also manhandled and damaged the car of a serving Senator, Alhaji Bello Tukur, who was rescued by security operatives, and whisked out of the venue.

Before the attack on Tukur, he was intermittently booed by the crowd at the inauguration venue while he was delivering Ngilari’s speech.

He was pelted with sachet water and shoes, and had to be immediately whisked off the podium by security operatives.

The angry crowd asked for Ngilari, who they threatened to stone as well.

They chanted in Hausa, “Bama so, Karya ne, mash Gudu su Gudu, lokacinku ya kare, meaning, “It was all lie, we don’t want you. Shut up! Your time is over, PDP killed our nation.”

It took the intervention of APC chieftains to calm down the crowd as security operatives, attached to the outgone deputy governor, had to whisk him away.

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