These attacks came as the presidential spokesperson, Femi Adesina, claimed that security challenges in the country were being 'played up' to tarnish the achievements of the President Muhammadu Buhari's administration.
These attacks came as the presidential spokesperson, Femi Adesina, claimed that security challenges in the country were being"played up" to tarnish the achievements of the President Muhammadu Buhari's administration.About 50 persons have been killed during various attacks that happened across the country in the last three days.
Recall that a former councillor, Hassan Tukur, was killed by unknown gunmen in Zamfara State exactly the day Adesina published the article. In Goronyo Local Government Area of Sokoto State, bandits killed nine persons on Sunday August 15. The nine people were killed in Begindo, Dantudu and Tulutu villages.
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