No fewer than six persons reportedly lost their lives in Nasarawa State over the weekend, as the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso, stormed the state to commission the party’s secretariat in Lafia.
Africa Daily News, New York gathered that the ugly incident occurred when a bus conveying supporters in the presidential candidate’s convoy lost control.
About four of the victims died on the spot, while those that sustained injuries were rushed to hospital where two others died.
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Kwankwaso had pledged a commitment to address the security problems bedeviling the country if elected president of Nigeria come 2023.
The former Kano State governor made the statement when he paid a courtesy visit to the Emir of Keffi, Dr Shehu Chindo Yamusa III at his palace in Keffi Local Government Area of Nasarawa State.
He said the visit to the emir became necessary because of his respect for the emirate and the entire people of Keffi.
Appreciating Kwankwaso for the visit, Emir Yamusa III wished him good luck and Allah’s blessings.
Meanwhile, an ex-governor of Kano state, Ibrahim Shekarau is yet to conclude on whether to defect from the New Nigeria People Party this week, as related to the media as confirmed by his spokesperson, Sule Yau yesterday.
In response to questions on his visit to Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for forthcoming general elections.
Shekarau served as the defunct All Nigeria People’s Party’s presidential candidate in 2011 and was among the party’s executives in the coalition negotiations with the leaders of the other legacy parties that led to the creation of the APC in 2013.
He was a founding member of the APC who defected to the NNPP on May 18 along with thousands of his supporters after a dispute with Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano over management of the party in the state.
However, he and the NNPP’s national leadership, including Rabiu Kwankwaso, the party’s presidential nominee, had a misunderstanding over the party’s governance plan.
