Two Dead, Many Injured, As Rival Gangs Clash In Kano

By Suleiman Anyalewechi

Rival criminal groups clashes have claimed the lives of two residents in the densely populated Kofar Mata and Yakassai quarters of Kano metropolis, according to the Police.

The two victims and several injured persons were part of the  clashes between rival thugs, a familiar incident in the areas.

A statement from the Kano State Police Command Spokesperson, Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, SP, on Tuesday, December 10, 2024, said  that security has been enhanced in the affected areas to avoid further  breakdown of law and order.

The Source reports that  clashes had, between Sunday and early Monday, erupted among rival thuggery groups  within the areas, leading to the destruction of properties, aside the death of two people.

The Police statement noted that the State Commissioner of Police, CP Salman Dogo Garba, on Monday, paid an on the spot assessment of the scenes of the clashes in the areas .

The Police Spokesperson noted that the visit was to acquire first hand information about the clashes with a  view to addressing the ugly situation.

The Command, while warning would-be trouble makers, also reaffirmed its zero tolerance for any acts capable of disrupting the fragile peace of the State.

“The Command will not tolerate thuggery and any forms of criminal activities and will deal decisively with anyone who disrupts the peace in the state”, Kiyawa noted

He stated that the Police Commissioner, during the visit to the flashpoints, interfaced with the local leaders and Police personnel on the real situation on ground.

The Command’s Spokesman assured that findings from the visit will form part of the wider security framework to control criminal activities in the affected areas .

“The Command will implement robust security measures in the affected areas to prevent further occurrence and restore peace and order”, Kiyawa stated

The Source further reports that violent thuggery and related criminal activities have been on the rise in Kano, a development that has equally become a matter of concern for the authorities.

Earlier this year, Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf had constituted a Panel of Inquiry to look into cases of thuggery induced violence ,destructions and death  between 2015 and 2019.

However, the limiting of the inquest to only the period covering the tenure the immediate past Governor of the state,and current National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress APC ,Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has since rob the panel of its credibility.