Youths in Gwashi community, Bukkuyum Local Government Area of Zamfara State on Sunday chased away the state Deputy Governor, Mani Malam Mummuni.
The confrontation occurred throughout a go to by Mummuni to commiserate with residents over bandit assaults.
He had visited the community to sympathise with them and provide help to affected households.
The go to, nonetheless, turned chaotic as indignant youths confronted him and his entourage, venting their frustration over persistent insecurity in Gwashi and surrounding communities.
A video from the scene confirmed the second stress escalated, with safety operatives hooked up to the Deputy Governor reportedly fleeing and abandoning their car.
Gwashi and different communities in Bukkuyum have come beneath repeated assaults, with residents going through critical safety threats whereas travelling between villages and accessing native markets.
The incident comes days after gunmen killed about 20 folks in an ambush on merchants travelling beneath navy escort within the state.
The merchants have been stated to be travelling from Gwashi to Nasarawa Market in Bukkuyum LGA on Saturday, October 10, when armed males attacked them round 2 p.m.
Four troopers, three policemen, one NSCDC officer and 12 civilians have been killed within the assault, whereas 19 others sustained accidents, in accordance with stories.
In a separate incident a few month earlier, six Islamic clerics have been kidnapped alongside the Dakko-Damri feeder street in Bakura LGA whereas travelling to Talata Mafara.
Police spokesperson within the state, Yazid Abubakar, confirmed the kidnapping, saying the victims, all imams, have been intercepted by armed bandits.
