Mr Ajaka joined the SDP after the APC disqualified him from contesting in its gubernatorial primary election.
, was attacked by the supporters of his political opponent, Muritala Ajaka, on Saturday afternoon.
A statement by the state’s Commissioner for Information, Kingsley Fanwo, said Mr Bello escaped unscathed, but some of the governor’s aides suffered injuries during the attack. “Some security aides and other aides attached to the Governor sustained some degrees of injuries and have been rushed to medical facilities for medical attention,” Mr Fanwo said in the statement.The commissioner said that residents of the state should be calm, adding that the governor warned that members of the APC should not engage in any form of reprisal attack.
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