Gunmen attacked a convoy carrying security personnel of Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday night ahead of a visit to his home state in the northwest, the presidency said Tuesday.
President Buhari was not in the convoy when assailants opened fire on several vehicles, wounding two people. The attack is yet another reminder of the widespread insecurity in Africa’s most populous country.
Buhari is due to visit his hometown of Daura in Katsina State over the weekend to celebrate a Muslim holiday.
The gunmen opened fire near Daura on the convoy carrying the security team, including officers from the Department of State Services (DSS), presidential protocol and press office, the presidency said in a statement released Tuesday night.
« Two people in the convoy are being treated for minor injuries they sustained. All other personnel have arrived safely in Daura. »
President Buhari is ending his second term under fire from critics who say he is unable to combat insecurity.
Nigerian security forces are deployed on multiple fronts: in the northeast, a jihadist insurgency has been raging since 2009; in the northwest and central regions, multiple criminal gangs of all kinds are rampant; and the southeast is regularly the prey of separatist unrest.
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