Kaduna Train Attack: Former Zamfara Deputy Governor sustains gunshot wounds

By Matthew Eloyi

A former Deputy Governor of Zamfara State, Ibrahim Wakkala, has sustained gunshot wounds in Monday’s terrorist attack on a Kaduna-bound train.

According to reports, the train conveying hundreds of passengers from Abuja to Kaduna was attacked by gunmen suspected to be bandits between Katari and Rijana in Kaduna State.

According to the former Deputy Governor’s aide, Mr Wakkala who was returning from the APC National Convention which held on Saturday was shot during the gun battle between the terrorists and the military and has been moved to a military hospital in Kaduna for treatment.

The spokesperson of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara State, Yusuf Idris also confirmed the incident.

Idris said the former Deputy Governor was initially abducted by the terrorists during the attack and was successfully rescued by the combined forces of DSS and Military

In his words, “He was initially abducted but was rescued by the DSS and military, it was during the process he sustained gunshot injury in the leg.

“He is very okay now, he is receiving treatment at the hospital in Kaduna state.”