The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) presidential candidate, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has denied reports that his convoy was attacked when he visited Lokoja, the Kogi State capital.

The NNPP presidential candidate, in a statement issued on Thursday by his campaign spokesman, Ladipo Johnson, said the report was fake and ridiculous.

The statement read: “Our attention has been drawn to a number of media reports, which insinuate that the convoy of Sen Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party was attacked in Kogi State.

“We wish to categorically and unambiguously state that these stories are fake, unfounded, and ridiculous.

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“Since his arrival in the state, Sen Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso has received nothing short of love from the good people of Kogi State. On Wednesday, he visited the family of his bosom friend, the former governor of Kogi State, late Prince Abdullahi Audu at their country home. From there, he proceeded to the Lokoja city centre to commission his party’s new state headquarters.”

Further debunking the report, Johnson said: “Contrary to media accounts on the purported attack, we categorically confirm that there is no person named ‘Musa Yunusa’ on the Kwankwaso media team.

He added that the Kwankwaso Campaign Organisation was considering legal means of bringing “perpetrators of the fake news to book”.

The Star