The Katsina State Police Command has arrested 14 suspects after an attack on supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) travelling to Wednesday’s Tinubu–Dikko 2027 marketing campaign flag-off in Funtua.
The attack, which occurred alongside the Yashi–Funtua street in Malumfashi Local Government Area at about 11 a.m., left a feminine passenger injured and several other automobiles broken.
Police spokesperson Abubakar Sadiq Aliyu mentioned in an announcement on Thursday that suspected political thugs armed with knives and stones hurled stones on the convoy and passing business automobiles, smashing a number of windscreens.
Officers deployed alongside the route intervened and arrested the suspects, whereas others escaped, he mentioned.
The police recognized 13 grownup suspects aged between 18 and 35 and one 17-year-old. They didn’t disclose the suspects’ political affiliation or set up a motive for the attack.
The command mentioned efforts have been underway to arrest different suspects. It didn’t point out whether or not any fees had been filed.
Earlier accounts
The police affirmation comes after the Katsina APC management described Wednesday’s marketing campaign flag-off at Funtua Township Stadium as peaceable.
In an announcement signed by the celebration’s state Public Relations Officer, Shamsu Sule Funtua, APC Chairman Bishir Gambo Saulawa mentioned no rancour, clashes, accidents or lack of property have been recorded on the occasion.
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His assertion targeted on the rally on the stadium and didn’t particularly handle stories of assaults on supporters travelling via Malumfashi.
The Tinubu–Dikko 2027 Campaign Council subsequently acknowledged receiving stories that commuters have been attacked round Malumfashi and Kankara.
Its Director of Media and Publicity, Ahmed Abdulkadir, mentioned some automobiles have been broken and commuters sustained minor accidents.
The police assertion confirmed the incident in Malumfashi however made no reference to Kankara.
In a separate warning on Thursday, Katsina Commissioner of Police Ali Fage mentioned the command wouldn’t tolerate political thuggery, destruction of marketing campaign supplies or different acts of violence throughout the electioneering interval.
The police mentioned investigations into the attack have been persevering with.
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