Kwankwaso, Ganduje Supporters Clash in Kano ....Former SSG, others wounded

 

Many people, including the former Secretary to Kano State Government of former Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, Rabiu Suleiman Bichi, and younger brother to Kwankwaso, Mr. Sani Kwankwaso, were seriously wounded last Saturday in Kano in political clash.

The incidence occurred at traditional Hawan Daushe in Kano emirate palace when the two political camp of former Governor Kwankwaso and incumbent Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje clashed.

An eyewitness stated that the crisis erupted when members of the Kwankwasiyya movement loyal to Kwankwaso thronged the Hawan Daushe venue in their thousands with their movement inscription of redcap, a situation which provoked the supporters of Ganduje which began with verbal attack before dangerous weapons were freely used attacking one another.

However, the media aide to Kwankwaso, Hajia Binta Spikin, alleged that on arriving at the palace by the supporters of Kwankwasiyya, the police officers present there pushed them back using tear gas canisters and other devices, forcing the supporters to scamper for safety.

“We just saw people hitting us with cutlasses, heavy sticks and other dangerous weapons. Then I fell down and my eyeglasses broke.

"Somebody from his behind hit the former SSG, Bichi, 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,” Spikin said.

She accused Ganduje of being behind the attack, alleging that it was the governor who mobilised the police and the thugs.

In his reaction, The state Commissioner of Information, Mr. Mohammad Garba, said the governor was not even in the state when the violence occurred.

He said the governor and his team travelled to neighbouring state to pay Sallah homage to President Muhammadu Buhari in Daura, and when the governor and his team returned to Kano, the emir’s palace was peaceful and the Hawan Daushe was peacefully.

It was learnt that the former SSG is receiving treatment at Murtala Muhammad Hospital while others were at various hospitals in the state.

The police spokesman in Kano, DSP Magaji Musa Majia, confirmed the incident, stating that investigation has been commenced by the command to find out those behind the incidence.