The Senator representing Kaduna Central and a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), narrowly escaped assassination attempt on Wednesday, while visiting his constituency for the New Year celebration.
Mr Usman was attacked by the assailants around Kawu area of Kaduna North Local Government of Kaduna State.
According to witnesses, the assailants pelted the Senator's vehicle was pelted with stones and bottles by the assailants immediately they sighted his convoy moving around the area.
Confirming the incident on his verified Facebook account, Mr Usman who doubles as the Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Basic and Secondary Education wrote: “I have just escaped an assassination attempt by some thugs in Kaduna North,” the senator said.
Efforts by PREMIUM TIMES to speak with the lawmaker were unsuccessful because his telephone lines were not connecting.
However, Ibrahim Mohammed, one of the political allies of the senator in Kaduna, confirmed the incident to this newspaper.
Another political ally of the senatorr, who requested anonymity because he was not authorised to speak, also confirmed the incident, but alleged that the thugs were recruited by the lawmaker’s political enemies.
He explained that there had been criticisms against Mr Usman’s performance at the National Assembly for non-performance since his election. He said some of his constituents are not happy with the lawmaker.
The ally said before Mr Usman was elected as a senator, he was distributing food items and money to people in many villages under his senatorial district but stopped after he was elected.
He also claimed that the action angered the residents and that many people in the senatorial district have vowed to oppose his re-election.
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