Police begin probe of alleged assassination attempt on Kaduna lawmaker

The Commissioner of Police (CP), Kaduna State Command, Mr. Muhammad Rabiu, has ordered a full-scale investigation into the alleged assassination attempt on Sen. Usman Lawal (PDP, Kaduna-Central).

The order of investigation is contained in a statement issued by the command’s spokesperson, DSP Mansir Hassan, on Thursday in Kaduna.

Hassan said, “The alleged assassination attempt on Sen. Usman Lawal is unknown to the Police.

“The attention of the command has been drawn to a publication on the Facebook handle of Sen. Lawal Usman. He claimed that he escaped an assassination attempt by some thugs in a yet-to-be-identified location in Kaduna North on Wednesday, but no time of the incident was given.