One person have been announced dead as supporters of two rival Chairmanship Aspirants of the All Progressives Congress (APC) clashed...
One person have been announced dead as supporters of two rival Chairmanship Aspirants of the All Progressives Congress clashed.The deceased has been identified as Nda-Bida and was said to be a supporter of Alhaji Danjuma Emindachi, one of the aspirants from Katcha local government area.
The incident occurred along the Minna- Bida road after the aspirants had collected their nomination forms to contest the chairmanship election for Katcha local government which is to hold in November, 2019. The reason for the clash remains unknown, however, it was found out that the parties had continuously provoked each other before the crescendo along the Minna-Bida road.
Eyewitnesses said that when the supporters ran into each other at the river Gbako bridge on the Minna-Bida road, they attacked each other with cutlasses, daggers, machetes and other dangerous weapons.The Niger state Chairman of APC, Jibrin Imam confirmed the incident but said that the party is not involved in the clash.
“We are already investigating the matter, while appealing to members of the registered political parties to play the game according to the rules during and after the local government election.”
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