Hon. Salihu Shadafu Adamu, a House of Representatives member
representing the
Bosso/Paiko federal constituency in Niger State narrowly escaped death
on Monday, April 3, when aggrieved youths in his constituency beat him
to a
point of coma.
The federal lawmaker, who sustained
serious injuries was admitted at a private medical
hospital in the Tunga area of the state capital before being taken for
further medical attention in Kaduna State. The vehicle in which he was
travelling was also damaged by the youths.
It took the intervention of men of the
Niger State Police Command which was invited by some good Samaritans
several minutes to save the lawmaker from the clutches of his attackers.
It was gathered tha the
lawmaker had driven into one of the villages in his constituencies
to attend a political meeting. However, the youths who were said to have
been angry because the lawmaker had failed to visit them since he was elected almost
two years ago, advised him to leave but he ignored the them.
"One of the youths first slapped him,
another hit him in the stomach making him to fall to the ground,” an
eyewitness said. "It then became a free for all as every youth there
tried to take their pound of flesh from the politician.
The spokesperson for Niger State State
Police Police Command, Bala Elkana, who confirmed the story said it was
a "politically-motivated attack,”
Elkana said, adding that three suspects had been arrested in connection
with the incident.
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