Tens injured, vehicles destroyed as thugs attack NNPP supporters in Kano
By Muhammad Aminu
At least ten vehicles have been destroyed and many injured as thugs attacked supporters of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, in Kano Thursday afternoon on their way to welcome NNPP’s presidential candidate, Rabi’u Kwankwaso.
The vehicles filled with the NNPP’s Kwankwasiya movement supporters have been vandalized, among which three were burned to ashes.
An eyewitness, Tasiu Lawan, said he escaped death as hundreds of thugs attacked them and wounded many people.
Lawan further confirmed that many people had been injured while vehicles were touched.
NNPP’s presidential candidate Rabi’u Kwankwaso was billed to hold his grand finale campaign in Kano, where he enjoys a massive following.
Earlier in the morning, Kano State Police Command, through its spokesperson, Abdullahi Kiyawa, advised the trio of All Progressives Congress, Peoples Democratic Party and New Nigeria Peoples Party to put on hold their planned rallies in Kano due to the possible clash between their supporters.
Recalled that in 2019, the Kano Commissioner of Police barred Kwankwaso from holding a political rally in Kano ahead of the general elections, which his members see as clear discrimination and siding with the ruling party in Kano.