A spokesman for Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) governorship candidate Aminu Abdussalam Gwarzo alleged that a campaign convoy was attacked in Kano, after a disruption at an NDC event in Lagos three days earlier.
Ibrahim Garba Shuaibu, Gwarzo’s spokesman, said some campaign team members were injured and about seven vehicles damaged in Bichi. Blueprint and Daily Post attributed his account to an interview with Arewa Update; they gave no exact injury count. The convoy carried Gwarzo and NDC vice-presidential candidate Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso.
Blueprint characterized the Bichi gathering as peaceful and placed the vehicle damage as the group left; Daily Post also said the attack took place during departure. Premium Times recounted stone-throwing when the convoy reached Bichi and another assault after it passed the local government secretariat.
None of the reports named alleged attackers or a political affiliation. Daily Post and Blueprint said in stories filed Nov. 15 that Kano State Police had not issued a public statement by publication.
The Kano allegation followed the Nov. 12 disruption at an NDC town hall in Lagos. On that same date, Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Information and National Orientation published a statement from the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council condemning the Lagos disruption and urging security agencies to apprehend and punish those responsible; the statement predated reports of the Kano incident. EconoTimes previously covered the NDC’s call for an investigation into the alleged attack on its Lagos supporters.
