The senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District, Lawal Adamu Usman, has escaped an alleged assassination attempt.
Usman, a chieftain of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), was elected to the senate in 2023.
The senator confirmed the incident on a Facebook post on Wednesday night, January 1, 2025.
“I just escaped an assassination attempt by some thugs in Kaduna North,” he wrote but gave no further details.