.MBuhari: KwankwasoRM’s armoured vehicle gift helped me survive 2014 bomb attack in Kaduna | TheCable
In July 2014
, multiple blasts rocked the city, with Buhari’s vehicle caught in the blast, which occurred in the Kawo area of Kaduna state. Buhari, who was contesting the presidency at the time, had later said he was the target of the bomb attack, which resulted in the death of over scores of people.Reflecting on the incident, Buhari said Rabiu Kwankwaso, who was governor of Kano at the time, gifted him the vehicle he was in when the blast occurred.“He said I should use it because he believed the competition I was going on involved people who would like to eliminate me.
“When I looked, I saw pieces of human beings. None of us in the vehicle were injured. But somehow I saw blood on me because of the number of people killed outside by the bomb.”
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