The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Kwankwaso, was embarrassed by some suspected hoodlums when he paid a visit to Kogi state on Wednesday, August 31.
Kwankwaso was said to have arrived in Kogi to inaugurate the NNPP’s secretariat and his campaign offices but upon arriving at the venue for the inaugural ceremony, he was attacked by some yet-to-be-identified persons, Bellnewsonline.
It was gathered that the former Kano governor was pelted with sachet water at the hotel where the event was held.
Before the incident, Kwankwaso had earlier visited Ogbonicha, the country home of late Abubakar Audu, and had a similar experience
The party’s flagbearer was accused of trying to hide the cloak of Abubakar to woo supporters of the All Progressives Congress into the NNPP.
However, one of Kwankwaso’s media aides, Musa Yunusa, described the action of the supporters as normal in politics.