BREAKING: Hoodlums burn Gombe PDP secretariat, vandalise Atiku campaign office

Hoodlums suspected to be political thugs have vandalised the campaign office of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar located near Investment Quarters, about eight kilometres from the Gombe metropolis.

The hoodlums were said to have looted the office carting away items such air conditioners .

They also burnt the Gombe State Secretariat of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

The thugs were said to have stormed the party secretariat, located along Bauchi road, around 1:30am.

Eye witnesses said personnel of the fire service with assistance from men of the Nigeria Police Force helped extinguish the fire at the PDP Secretariat.

Addressing newsmen, PDP Chairman, General Audu Kwaskebe (retd), accused Youth Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, Kawu Lero, of spearheading the burning of the secretariat.

He said they had written a petition to the state police command for the appropriate action.

But Gombe State PRO of the APC, Mr Moses Kyari, alleged that it was PDP members that set their office on fire, “due to internal crisis over control of the party structure.”

He said a structure bearing posters of Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya were also touched by the vandals.

Efforts to speak to the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in Gombe, SP Obed Mary Malum, were not successful.