THUGS CLASH AT A JIGAWA APC RALLY, KILLING ONE.

On Tuesday, one person was killed in Jigawa State during an All Progressive Congress (APC) campaign rally in the state’s Kazaure Local Government Area.

Emmanuel Ekot, the state police commissioner, said that the police are on the trail of the suspected killer, who is said to have fled to neighboring Kano after committing the crime.

“The police are on top of the situation, the (prime) suspect has fled to Kano. It is a conflict within a party loyal to a specific candidate who disagrees among themselves. “They are members of the same APC, not two opposing parties,” the police commissioner stated.

On Tuesday, Jigawa Governor Muhammad Badaru led the APC governorship campaign rally in Kazaure, where a violent clash between rival APC youth groups resulted in the death of one person.

the victim was a supporter of the party’s senatorial candidate for Jigawa North-west District, Babangida Husseini.

Residents identified the deceased as Halliru Lafka, a Kazaure resident. Residents protested the killing by torching the senatorial candidate, Mr Husseini’s, billboards, accusing him of harboring political thugs who are disrupting the town’s peace.
Mr Husseini could not be reached for comment on the incident right away. Wednesday morning and evening, his known phone number did not connect.