MINISTER AND OTHERS STONED BY YOUTH AT THE GEJ CAMPAIGN RALLY IN BAUCHI

The minister of the FCT Bala Muhammed and other PDP campaign delegates were attacked at the party's presidential campaign rally held at the ibrahim babangida square in the state capital.

The youth were reported to have arrive there singing support for GEJ but immediately the president show up with his entourage, they started attacking them with stones, hammers, slippers and sachet water.

 They destroyed canopies and began chanting songs in support of Gen Buhari. The Police detached to the stadium found it hard to disperse them as they were large in number. FCT Minister, Senator Bala Mohammed, was stoned with sachet water while making his speech at the event.

The Minister in the course of his speech pleaded with President Jonathan and other party members not to take the embarrassment seriously as it was part of politics, stating that attack by the youths was the works of the opposition. Others at the podium had to dodge so as not to get hit with the different items thrown. When the Minister shouted “Nigeria”, the crowd shouted back “sai Buhari”, “sai Baba Buhari”, others chanted “Bama yi,” “Bama yi”, meaning we don’t support PDP.