JUST IN: Former Zamfara Deputy Governor Hospitalised After Being Shot In Abuja-Kaduna Train Attack

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

TRIXX NG had reported how the train conveying hundreds of passengers from Abuja to Kaduna was attacked by gunmen suspected to be bandits yesterday in Kaduna State.

Ibrahim Wakkala was among the few passengers earlier abducted by the bandits but were later rescued by Security Operatives who promptly responded to distress call.

An aide to the former Deputy Governor told Channels Television that Mr Wakkala who was returning from the APC National Convention which was held on Saturday was shot during the crossfire 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 to Channels Television.

“He was initially abducted but was rescued by the DSS and military, it was during the process he sustain gunshot injury in the leg.”

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