At least three persons were feared dead and several others injured yesterday when two factions of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, clashed in Katsina-Ala Local Government Area of Benue State.
Trouble started when supporters of Mr. Solomon Wombo, Special Adviser on Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs to Governor Gabriel Suswam and those of Mrs. Hembadoon Amena, a female member of the Benue State House of Assembly, clashed at a campaign venue in Tongov, leaving one person dead.
The fighting between supporters of the two camps was said to have continued in Tongov, which later led to the death of two more youths.
The State Commissioner of Police , Alhaji Ibrahim Mohammed , while confirming the incident, denied that people died during the clash.He said the command has quelled the clash, promising that the police will fished out those who spearheaded the crisis that has rendered many homeless and properties worth millions of naira destroyed.
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