The Peoples Democratic Party has suspended its governorship campaign in Zamfara State following fresh attacks on communities by bandits in the state. The party’s governorship candidate, Bello Matawalle, announced the decision at a news briefing in Gusau on Tuesday. “I want to announce that I have suspended all my campaign programmes due to the renewed rising bandits activities in the state. An eye witness, Usman Makama, told NAN that the hoodlums attacked the village head’s house, where they killed one of his wives before moving into the village. “They put the gun in her mouth and blew up her head, after which they abducted the village head and one other person and then moved inside the village.

Source: Punch February 05, 2019 16:30 UTC