The Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential rally earlier fixed for Monday (today) in Damaturu, Yobe State has been cancelled.
President Goodluck Jonathan, Vice President Namadi Sambo and PDP top officials were scheduled to take Jonathan’s re-election campaign to Gombe and Damaturu today.
Information gathered revealed that the decision to call off the Damaturu rally was taken on Saturday after members of the President’s advance team had already arrived Damaturu.
An official in the Presidency who pleaded anonymity said the rally was cancelled due to “unfavourable security report.”
The official added that members of the President’s advanced team left Damaturu for Abuja on Sunday when they realised the rally would no longer hold.
He said the team had left the town before an explosion was recorded in front of the residence of the PDP candidate for the Potiskum/Nangere Federal Constituency in the state, Sabo Garbu, opposite the Federal Government College in the town, in which at least seven people were killed.
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He, however, said they were still in Damaturu when they were informed that Boko Haram militants were again making attempts to capture Maiduguri, the Bormo State capital.
On the Gombe rally, the official said Jonathan would still attend it unless he changes his mind at the last minute.
He, however, said he wasn’t sure if the campaign train would still visit Damaturu before the grand finale billed for Abuja on Saturday.
According to the PDP timetable, the campaign train is expected to visit Minna and Lokoja on Tuesday; Benin and Asaba on Wednesday; and Yenagoa on Thursday before rounding it off on Saturday in Abuja. (today.ng)