The Katsina State Police Command has arrested three suspects in reference to an assault in Yankara city, Faskari Local Government Area, throughout which suspected hoodlums set automobiles ablaze and injured a number of individuals.
The incident occurred on Saturday, 31 October 2026, amid stress in the neighborhood as supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) travelled to attend Governor Dikko Umaru Radda’s Tinubu-Dikko 2027 marketing campaign rally in Faskari.
Eyewitness accounts indicated that hassle began following a disagreement between contributors in a Maulud procession and safety personnel over the designated route for the spiritual procession.
The state of affairs reportedly escalated into violence, with suspected hoodlums attacking automobiles alongside the street, setting two automobiles ablaze, together with one belonging to the Musa Adamu Network (MAN), and damaging some outlets. Several individuals had been additionally reportedly injured.
Chairman of the MAN Caucus, Alhaji Nura Sule Yandaki, who was main a delegation of 12 members to the marketing campaign rally, mentioned they had been caught up within the incident however escaped unhurt, though their automobile was destroyed.
An area authorities official, who confirmed the incident, mentioned safety personnel later intervened and restored normalcy within the space.
In a press release issued on Sunday, the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abubakar Sadiq Aliyu, mentioned Governor Radda’s motion via Yankara was initially peaceable, with satisfactory safety preparations in place.
He defined that the police subsequently acquired data that suspected political thugs had blocked the street, pelted objects and set political posters ablaze.
According to him, the attackers additionally set fireplace to a Sharon automobile belonging to a political supporter, which had been parked by the roadside after creating a mechanical fault whereas its driver proceeded to the marketing campaign venue.
The police spokesman mentioned the Divisional Police Officer in Faskari, working with different safety companies, promptly mobilised to the scene, dispersed the group and restored normalcy.
He recognized the arrested suspects as Garba Shu’aibu, 25; Salmanu Ibrahim, 18; and Nazifi Hussaini, 30.
Aliyu mentioned the suspects had been allegedly linked to the assault, including that investigations had been ongoing to determine the circumstances surrounding the incident and apprehend different fleeing suspects.
Reacting to the incident, the Commissioner of Police, CP Ali Umar Fage, warned political actors, supporters and different people towards participating in thuggery, violence or actions able to disrupting public peace.
He urged residents to stay calm and law-abiding whereas exercising their political rights peacefully, assuring that anybody discovered culpable could be arrested and prosecuted.
Meanwhile, the Katsina State Government has dismissed studies linking the Yankara disturbance to Governor Radda’s marketing campaign rally, attributing the incident to a disagreement between contributors in a Maulud procession and safety personnel.
In a press release issued by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Ibrahim Mohammed Kaula, the federal government mentioned preliminary data indicated {that a} disagreement over the designated route for the procession had led to confusion on a public avenue.
It careworn that the incident had no reference to the governor’s marketing campaign actions or the Tinubu-Dikko 2027 rally in Faskari.
The authorities mentioned Radda handed via Yankara safely on his option to Faskari, the place he visited the District Head’s Palace and inspected renovation works on the native authorities secretariat and council chambers earlier than attending the rally.
It referred to as on related safety companies to analyze the incident and set up what transpired, whereas urging media organisations, bloggers and social media customers to confirm data earlier than publication.
The authorities additionally appealed to residents to stay calm, preserve peace and keep away from spreading unverified data that might heighten tensions.
Despite the incident, the governor proceeded with the marketing campaign rally in Faskari, the place he introduced the completion and opening of the Faskari General Hospital, in addition to different growth initiatives within the space.
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