Two persons reportedly died in an attack on the campaign office of a House of Representatives candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, in Kano on Sunday.
Confirming the incident in a statement on Monday, the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, SP Abdullahi Kiyawa, noted that a group of suspected thugs set the office ablaze with two unidentified persons in a stationary vehicle inside the building burnt to death.
The Kano State Police Command said it received reports of the incident around 4 pm during the collation of results at the INEC office in Tudun Wada Local Government Area.
According to Kiyawa, the hoodlums also mobilised and attempted to block the road leading to the INEC office.
