Former Head of State and national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), General Muhammadu Buhari (retd) has said that yesterday’s bomb blast at Kawo, which missed him narrowly, was an assassination attempt on his life.
In a statement personally signed by him and made available to newsmen in Kaduna yesterday, Buhari , who was the 2011 presidential candidate of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), said the vehicle carrying the explosives made several unsuccessful attempts to overtake his security car, but was blocked by the security aides attached to him.
He said when they got to the market area in Kawo, the suicide bomber took advantage of the slow pace at which his (Buhari) convoy was moving and attempted to ram into his car, a move that detonated the explosives, and destroyed all his three cars.
His words: “I was personally involved in a targeted bomb attack today at about 2:30pm on my way to Daura.
“The unfortunate event, clearly an assassination attempt, came from a fast moving vehicle that made many attempts to overtake my security car, but was blocked by my escort’s vehicle.
“We reached the market area of Kawo, where he took advantage of our slowing down and attempted to ram into my car and instantly detonated the bomb, which destroyed all the three cars in our convoy.
“Unfortunately, when I came out of my vehicle, I saw many dead bodies littered around. They were innocent people going about their daily businesses who became victims of mass murder.
“Thank God for His mercy, I came out unhurt, but with three of my security staff sustaining minor injuries. They have since been treated and discharged,” the statement read in part.”
THE SUN
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