Political violence – Man has hand cut off as thugs attack Lamido rally

Thugs clashed with supporters of a former governor of Jigawa State and Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential aspirant in the 2019 election, Sule Lamido, clashed on Wednesday in Kaduna.

There was no death, but scores of people sustained varying degrees of injury, including one of Lamido’s supporters, who had his hand cut off by the armed thugs when they invaded the Rabah Road in the metropolis where Lamido was inspecting his campaign office.

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Lamido had recently written a letter of intent to contest the 2019 presidential election under the platform of the PDP to the party’s National Executive Committee members.

An eyewitness, Muhammed Sarki, said that the Lamido supporters were caught unawares by their assailants, who he described as “political hoodlums.”

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“Lamido’s supporters had gathered at his campaign office and they were being addressed by the politician but I think what angered the political hoodlums was when Lamido during his address criticised President Muhammadu Buhari for poor performance,” he said.

Sarki alleged that suspected supporters of President Buhari invaded Lamido’s campaign office and started attacking Lamido supporters after the presidential aspirant had ended his address. This led to a free-for-all but the hoodlums had an upper hand as four persons sustained serious injury, while one person had his left arm cut off.