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<p>Governor Abdullahi Umar Gandujes convoy came under attack by gunmen on Tuesday night while returning to Kano from Zamfara.</p><div class="ZKkROqL7" style="clear:both;float:left;width:100%;margin:0 0 20px 0;"><script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>

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<p>A source told Solacebase on Wednesday that three policemen were injured in the attack</p>
<p>Ganduje was in Jigawa State governor’s car, Muhammad Badaru during the attack, said the source.</p>
<p>The sources said the security operatives in the convoy engaged the suspected bandit in a gun battle that led to three policemen sustaining bullet wound</p><div class="4fYmZZbW" style="clear:both;float:left;width:100%;margin:0 0 20px 0;"><script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>

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<p>The bandits were said to have blocked Zamfara, Katsina, and Kano Road, around Shema on Tuesday.</p>
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<p>Solacebase recalls that in October 2017, Governor Ganduje’s convoy was attacked by armed robbers at Hayin Kibau on his way to Jos, the Plateau State capital from Abuja.</p>
<p>Dr Ganduje was in the convoy with his wife Prof. Hafsat Ganduje during the attack with a heavy gun battle between the security operatives in the convoy and the armed robbers.</p>
<p>After the incident, the governor and his wife had to be flown to Abuja in a chopper from Jos.</p>
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<p>Gov. Ganduje was among other APC governors that were in Zamfara on Tuesday to receive, Gov. Bello Matawalle who defected to the party from the PDP.</p>
<p>Solacebase efforts to speak with Ganduje’s Chief Press Secretary, Abba Anwar was not successful as his phone was not attended to.</p>
<p>But another source told NIGERIAN TRACKER that those that sustained injuries was severe including a senior police officer and a driver who is also another police man.</p>
<p>The injuries they sustained include on the shoulder and forehead.</p>
<p>Abba Anwar the Governors Chief Press Secretary refuse to pick calls put to him by the NIGERIAN TRACKER</p>
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