December 12, (THEWILL) – The campaign office of Mohammed Barde, a governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Gombe State, was on Monday, set ablaze by suspected political thugs.
The office located at the Government Reserved Area (GRA) was burnt in the early hours of Monday, around 2am.
The spokesperson of the Gombe State Police Command, Mahid Muazu Abubakar, confirmed the arson.
“Commissioner of Police (CP) has directed a discrete investigation into the circumstances surrounding the incident and perpetrators will not go scot-free”, he said.
The Gombe State Urban Planning and Development Authority (GOSUPDA) had recently demolished the fence of the campaign office.
While it claimed that the office was sited near a Presidential Lodge, GOSUPDA also said the land was approved as a residence but that the PDP candidate converted it into a political campaign office.
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