Following Tuesday’s January, 23, 2024, open skirmishes that erupted in the Gaya area and some remote parts of Kano State between supporters of the two rival political parties- the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP and All Progressives Congress, APC, leaders of the warring political platforms have sued for peace and restraint. Police authorities have, also, taken some proactive measures to prevent the situation from escalating.
The Source news magazine reports that the supporters of the two parties had, in the early hours of Tuesday, January 23, engaged in an open confrontation in Gaya Local Council of the State, a development which forced the State Commissioner of Police, Alhaji Mohammad Husseini Gumel, to embark on a trouble shooting mission to the affected area .
At the Palace of the Emir of Gaya , His Royal Highness Alhaji Aliyu Ibrahim, the CP, after a reconciliatory parley with leaders of the NNPP and APC appealed for restraint and understanding on the part of supporters of both parties.
The Source gathered that since the Supreme Court ruling penultimate week, which declared NNPP’s Abba Kabir Yusuf as the duly elected Governor of Kano, ahead of his APC contender, Dr Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna, their supporters, mostly in the rural areas have been engaging in sporadic clashes
The clashes are believed to have stemmed from alleged persistent derision of APC supporters and their gubernatorial flagbearer Dr Gawuna by NNPP followers over their loss at the supreme court .
Leaders of the two parties in Gaya ,after the police brokered truce promised to maintain the peace ,as well as control their various supporters.
The police say only one person was injured and hospitalized, while no fewer than 12 persons have been arrested in connection with the fracas.
