Ahmad Alabira, Dutse
One person reportedly lost his life in Jigawa State, during a campaign rally of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Kazaure Local Government Area of the state.
The police commissioner in charge of the state, Mr Emmanuel Ekot told reporters on Wednesday that the incident happened on Tuesday in Kazaure town, the headquarters of Kazaure LGA.
He said the Police are trailing the suspected killer who has already fled to unknown distination in Kano state after committing the crime.
According to him “the police are on top of the situation, the prime suspect has fled to Kano.
“It is a conflict within a party to a particular candidate. They are members of the same APC not a conflict between two parties”, Mr Ekot said.
Our reporter learnt that the person killed was a supporter of the party’s Senatorial Candidate for the Jigawa North-west District, Babangida Husseini.
The deceased was identified as Halliru Lafka, a resident of Kazaure town. The killing led to a protest by residents who burnt down the billboards of the senatorial candidate, Mr Husseini.
The residents accused him of alleged harbouring of political thugs, who destabilised the peace in the town.
However, Hussein could not be reached immediately to comment on the incident, after several phone calls.
