A man identified as Halliru Lafka has been killed when political thugs clashed during a campaign rally of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kazaure LGA of Jigawa State.
The state police commissioner, Emmanuel Ekot, told newsmen on Wednesday that the police were trailing the suspected killer, who was said to have fled to neighbouring Kano after committing the crime.
“The police are on top of the situation. The suspect has fled to Kano. It’s a conflict within a party between those faithful to a particular candidate who disagreed among themselves.
“They are members of the same APC, not a conflict between two parties,” the police commissioner said.
The Jigawa State governor, Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, led the APC governorship campaign rally in Kazaure on Tuesday where the violent clash between rival youth groups of the APC led to the death of one person.
According to Daily Trust, the person killed was a supporter of the APC’s senatorial candidate for Jigawa North-West District, Babangida Husseini.
The killing led to a protest by residents, who burnt the billboards of the senatorial candidate, Husseini, accusing him of allegedly harbouring political thugs, and destabilising the peace of the town.
However, Hussein could not be reached for comment on the matter as his phone was switched off.