Alhaji
Ramalan Yero, the father of Governor Mukhtar Ramalan Yero of Kaduna
State was, on Tuesday, attacked, alongside other top government
officials by armed robbers on Abuja-Kaduna road on.
According
to reports, Alhaji Yero was part of a delegation from the state that
paid a solidarity visit to President Goodluck Jonathan in Abuja on
Monday, and the incident happened on their way back to Kaduna.
Other
members of the delegation included the Secretary to Kaduna State
Government (SSG), Alhaji Hamza Ishaq Danmahawayi; chairman of Jama’atu
Nasril Islam (JNI) in Kaduna State, Alhaji Jafaru Makarfi, chairman of
Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), the Catholic Bishop of Zaria
Diocese, Most Reverend (Dr) George Dodo. They were robbed of
their money, phones and other belongings.
However,
a member of the delegation, Most Reverend (Dr) Dodo was injured and
treated at a hospital in Kaduna for injuries he sustained when he was
attacked with a sharp knife by one of the armed robbers. A source said
Bishop Dodo had since been discharged from the hospital.
TalkOfNaija
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