Kaduna ADC guber candidate calls for calm after bloody clash with APC supporters

Following the reported governmental unit astatine Dakande Toll Gate successful Kaduna State, Isa Mohammed Ashiru, the governorship campaigner of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, successful the state, has appealed to his supporters to stay calm and peaceful.

The entreaty followed a clash involving supporters of the ADC and the All Progressives Congress, APC, during Ashiru’s instrumentality from Saudi Arabia.

Reports bespeak that ADC supporters had gathered astatine the Dakande Toll Gate to invited the party’s governorship campaigner erstwhile they were allegedly attacked by suspected APC supporters.

An ADC member, Awwal Gezau, alleged that supporters who parked their vehicles astir Maraban Jos were besides attacked by hoodlums.

According to Gezau, the attackers, who allegedly arrived successful Hilux vehicles and a bus, damaged respective vehicles belonging to ADC supporters.

The ADC further alleged that immoderate of its members travelling to Kaduna to person Ashiru were attacked astatine Dakande.

Reacting, the ADC gubernatorial candidate, successful a connection issued by his media aide, Ibrahim Usman condemned the alleged attack.

He, however, urged “all our supporters not to instrumentality the instrumentality into their ain hands. Do not respond to provocation with violence. Do not insult, abuse, malign oregon defame anyone, careless of their governmental affiliation oregon position.

“We indispensable not let ourselves to beryllium dragged down to th...