{"id":45388,"date":"2023-01-01T23:11:12","date_gmt":"2023-01-01T23:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.excelbreakingnews.com\/?p=45388"},"modified":"2023-01-01T23:11:12","modified_gmt":"2023-01-01T23:11:12","slug":"breaking-thugs-attack-tambuwals-convoy-in-sokoto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.excelbreakingnews.com\/breaking-thugs-attack-tambuwals-convoy-in-sokoto\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking: Thugs attack Tambuwal’s convoy in Sokoto"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Breaking: Thugs attack Tambuwal’s convoy in Sokoto<\/h1>\n<p>Aminu Tambuwal, the governor of Sokoto State, was attacked by hoodlums on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, the incident happened on Sunday when Tambuwal and other government representatives were traveling home after participating in the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) statewide electioneering campaign in the Sokoto State local governments of Silame and Wamakko.<\/p>\n<p>According to a source who requested anonymity, the attackers threw stones at the convoy’s moving vehicles, damaging the SUV driven by the governor’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity’s front glass.<\/p>\n<p>He continued by saying that the stones also damaged the rear screen of the SUV driven by the Governor’s Permanent Secretary (Protocol).<\/p>\n<p>However, it was discovered that none of the PDP bigwigs in the state who were in the convoy\u2014including Governor Tambuwal, his deputy, Hon. 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