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No fewer than 12 people were injured and about
eight vehicles were vandalised on Thursday as
supporters of the All Progressives Congress and the
Peoples Democratic Party clashed in Nasarawa State.
The incident, which started at the APC secretariat,
occurred at about 1pm.
Trouble started when one of the vehicles on Alhaji
Yusus Agabis’ convoy, one of the governorship
aspirants in the state, who was on his way to the
PDP secretariat, was allegedly attacked.
This was said to have angered some PDP supporters,
who vowed to attack the APC.
The supporters reportedly pounced on a vehicle
belonging to the APC, leading to a free-for-all, in
which several people were injured and eight vehicles
were vandalised.
The situation led to a heavy traffic on the Jos-
Makurdi road, leaving commuters, travelling
through Lafia to Makurdi, Enugu, Kano, Kaduna
and Federal Capital Territory, stranded for hours.
Speaking to The PUNCH in an interview, one of the
passengers, Musa Haruna, who was caught up in
the gridlock, wondered how hoodlums could take the
law into their hands in the name of political rallies..
The situation, which lasted for several hours, also
caused panic in the state capital and prevented the
Majority Leader of the state House of Assembly, Mr.
Godiya Akwahiki, stranded until the intervention of
security agents.
The Punch
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