MANY people were injured on Saturday as supporters of the Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State and those of his predecessor, Rabiu Kwankwaso clashed in the state capital.

Two of those, who sustained injuries and were reportedly hospitalised include Rabiu Bichi, former secretary to the State government under Kwankwaso, and one Sani, ex-governor’s younger brother.

Narrating her version of what led to the violence, Binta Sipikin, a spokesperson to Kwankwaso, said the former governor’s supporters went to the palace of Muhammadu Sanusi, emir of Kano, just before the commencement of a traditional celebration, Hawan Daushe.

Sipikin alleged that on arriving at the palace, police officers there pushed them back using tear gas canisters and other devices, forcing the supporters to scamper for safety.
“But as that ensuing melee grew, we just saw people hitting us with cutlasses, heavy sticks and other dangerous weapons. Then I fell down and my eyeglasses broke.”

She added that while her children were trying to drag her up, she “saw Bichi standing beside her before somebody from his behind hit him with cutlass and another moved forward to stab him but Kwankwaso’s younger brother used his hands to block and they nearly cut his hands.”

Sipikin accused Governor Ganduje of being behind the attack. She said it was Ganduje who mobilised the police and the thugs.

The governor, however, denied the allegation. – News Rangers

– Sept 3, 2017 @ 9:28 GMT |