Hostility broke out between supporters of All Progressives Congress and Peoples Democratic Party in Bakura Local Government Area of Zamfara State on Thursday resulting to the dead of two people.
It was reliably gathered that the leader of the PDP thugs whose name was given as Baka Love was killed while one of the APC thugs was shot dead while trying to erect canopies where APC rally was to be held.
We reliably gathered that due to the serious tension that ravaged Bakura town as a result of security threats, PDP could not hold its rally in Bakura town.
Responding to the incident, the Assistant Inspector General of police (AIG), zone 10, Mohammed Mustapha said that the APC was not authorized to hold any rally yesterday in Bakura Local Government Area of the state.
“PDP has always been a peaceful political party in the country and not only in Zamfara State. So the unaccepted attitude of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state is becoming worrisome,” he lamented.
On his part, the former governor of the state, Alhaji Abdul Aziz Yari who stormed the APC campaign ground told the AIG that he has no constitutional right to cancel APC campaign since his party has obtained approval from security agencies in the state.
We confirmed from reliable source that many houses were set ablaze in six wards of Bakura Local Government Area of the state including the palace of a district head in Bakura Local Government Area of the state.
Owing to the tense situation supporters of the two parties created, the AIG placed 24 hours curfew on Bakura and Talata Mafara Local Government Areas of the State.
