by Oke Efagene

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano State, Abdulmajid Danbulki Kwamanda, was attacked yesterday inside the Jumaat mosque by suspected thugs.

Kwamanda, was said to have been brutalised by the hoodlums who were about 100 in number, when they sighted him inside the mosque where he had gone for the the Jumaat service attended by many Kano elite.

The APC chieftain was said to have gone unconscious after the attack.

The Nation report:

Alhaji Kwamanda, whose clothes were torn into shreds by the hoodlums, was also manhandled before a good Samaritan smuggled him into the residence of the chief Imam at the premises of the mosque.

Briefing newsmen on the incident in Kano yesterday, Kwamanda said he thanked God that he was rescued from the thugs alive.

The spokesman of the Kano State Police Command, Musa Magaji Majiya, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) could not be reached for comment at press time yesterday.