Kaduna govt deployed policemen to close down Atiku marketing campaign venue – Melaye alleges

A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Dino Melaye, on Wednesday accused the Kaduna State authorities of deploying policemen to close down the venue being utilized by the occasion’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, for a gathering.

Melaye stated he hoped that the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Tunji Disu, didn’t endorse the alleged intimidation and was not conscious of the state of affairs.

Posting on X, the previous Kogi West Senator described the state of affairs as a gross disrespect to the North.

He wrote: “Detachment of Policemen from Kaduna Government House has shut down the workplace of Arewa Consultative Forum in Kaduna forward of the assembly with Atiku Abubakar tomorrow.