One feared dead in political clash in Keffi
One person is
feared dead, following a clash between rival political camps in the
Keffi local government area of Nasarawa State on Sunday.
Supporters of state
lawmaker, Tahir Alayi, and senatorial aspirant, Mohammed Abdullahi,
clashed on the street outside the Nasarawa-West campaign office of
Governor Aliyu Akwe Doma while the governor was inside commissioning
the office.
According to an
eyewitness who was at the scene, the two groups of youth set fire to
campaign posters and an unidentified member of one of the groups was
stabbed in the clash. He was said to have been rushed to the hospital,
but he died on the way.
There was no official confirmation from the police in Nasarawa
State, as the command spokesman, Richard Akoji, refused to comment.
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