The President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari has recounted how an armoured vehicle gift given to him by former Kano State governor and now presidential candidate of Nigerian National Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso helped him survive a bomb attack in Kaduna in 2014.
He made this known in a documentary, titled ‘Essential Muhammadu Buhari, which aired which was aired on Sunday night.
Africa Today News, New York recalls that in July 2014, Buhari’s convoy was affected after multiple blasts rocked 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 scores of people.
Reflecting on the incident in the documentary, Buhari said Rabiu Kwankwaso, who was governor of Kano State, at the time, gifted him the vehicle he was travelling in when the blast occurred.
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‘I think Kwankwaso was being generous. He gave me an armoured Land Rover vehicle. He said I should use it because he believed the competition I was going on involved people who would like to eliminate me.
‘I was going to Kano from Kaduna in that jeep and a vehicle wanted to overtake us but my escort stopped them and they detonated the bomb.
‘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,’ Buhari said.
Recall that Kwankwaso has distanced himself from rumours that he is working for another party coming 2023 general election.
Mr. Kwankwasko made this known while responding to questions from some of his supporters while featuring on a live radio program in Dutse, Jigawa State which was monitored by Africa Today News, New York.
He said since he and his supporters joined the NNPP, some people have been concocting different kinds of lies just for their political reasons.