Atiku speaks on convoy attack, says 74 hospitalized

<p><strong>Presidential candidate of the People&&num;8217&semi;s Democratic Party &lpar;PDP&rpar;&comma; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;Openlife&period;ng">Atiku Abubakar<&sol;a> has reacted to the attack on his campaign convoy by thugs in Maiduguri&comma; Borno State&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Atiku through the PDP Presidential Campaign spokesperson&comma; Senator Dino Melaye&comma; said that no fewer than 74 persons have been hospitalised while several vehicles were vandalised&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Melaye accused the All Progressives Congress &lpar;APC&rpar; of trying to stop their campaign in the State by deploying thugs to attack them&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;pdp-presidential-candidate-atiku-abubakar-attacked-in-maiduguri-video&sol;">WATCH&excl; THUGS ATTACK ATIKU ABUBAKAR CONVOY IN MAIDUGURI &lpar;VIDEO&rpar;<&sol;a><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Melaye added that the ruling party in the State deployed the thugs to attack PDP convoy with stones&comma; sticks&comma; matchetes as the convoy left the Shehu of Borno’s Palace to the Ramat Square&comma; the venue of PDP presidential rally&comma; all in an attempt to frustrate the programme&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He lamented that the thugs were deployed in many strategic locations to attack PDP supporters&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Sen Melaye said&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;But we want to assure them that nobody can stop us&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>More than 10 vehicles were vandalised by APC supporters carrying placards around the axis of Bulumkutu in the State capital&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Hundreds of thugs carrying clubs&comma; cutlasses and other dangerous weapons led by a top loyalist of the APC were sighted around the Ramat Square&comma; the venue of the PDP’s rally&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;