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Ex-Deputy Governor of Zamfara State, Malam Ibrahim Wakkala Linan, has been seriously injured in the Abuja-Kaduna train attack by terrorists and has been admitted to a military hospital in Kaduna State.
The spokesperson of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara State, Yusuf Idris who confirmed the incident to newsmen says the former Deputy Governor is fast responding to Treatment.According to him, the former Deputy Governor was initially abducted by the terrorists during the attack but was rescued by the combined forces of the Department of State Services (DSS) and military operatives during a gun battle with the terrorists.
“He was initially abducted but was rescued by joined efforts of the military and DSS operatives and during the process, he sustained various degrees of injuries in the leg as a result of the gun battle,” he added.
Ibrahim Wakala was Deputy to former Governor Abdul’azeez Yari between 2011 to 2019.