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KANO: Ganduje-Kwankwaso feud intensifies as supporters clash
The feud between Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, former governor of Kano State, and current Governor Abdullahi Ganduje assumed a worrying dimension Sunday as supporters of both political bigwigs clashed in Kano.
Six persons were reportedly injured in the incident which took place at a wedding fatiha in Kano.
The clash is coming a week after Abdullahi Abbas, the commissioner for special duties in the state, called on residents to attack Kwankwaso in a widely circulated video.
Kwankwaso and Ganduje, both of the All Progressives Congress (APC), have been locked in a bitter rivalry since the latter assumed office.
It was reported that two of Abbas’ children were involved in the clash which was allegedly led by one of the commissioner’s aides popularly known as Shawuya.
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Those injured were also said to have been immediately rushed to Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital.
Sunusi Surajo Kwankwaso, a former organising secretary of the APC in Kano, attributed the incident to the “negligence of the security agencies” over the said video.
The incident was confirmed by Magaji Majia, spokesman of the Kano police command. He said the command had commenced investigation into the incident.
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