CITIZENS COMPASS – Two persons were reportedly injured when a member of the Kano State House of Assembly, Abdul-Majid Umar, was beaten up by a mob in the State.
Umar claimed to be beaten up following his role in the emirship tussle currently rocking the State.
The incident occurred over the weekend in the presence of the deposed Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado-Bayero.
The lawmaker was representing
Gwale Local Government Area under the ruling New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) when he was attacked by some persons believed to be his constituency members in the Goron Dutse area.
Speaking with BBC HAUSA Hausa Service on Monday, the lawmaker said the deposed emir and the police had rescued him from the incident.
According to him, the incident occurred when he attended the annual closing prayer for peace and stability in Kano, organised by Tijjaniyya Muslim leaders at Isyaku Rabiu’s residence in Goron Dutse, in the Gwale local council area of the state.
He claimed to be sitting beside the emir at the event only to be attacked immediately after he left the venue.
His attackers reportedly accused him of supporting the bill to dethrone the emir.
However, he was rescued into a police patrol vehicle.
He said, “After the deposed emir arrived at the event, his supporters started abusing me and my colleagues, accusing us of repealing the emirate council law 2019 that led to the dethronement of the Emir.
“The deposed emir stopped one of the palace guards who attempted to hit me. The deposed emir himself used his hand to bounce back one of the palace guards and shouted at another who attempted to hit me,” he said.
“I became more disturbed after I left the venue as people armed with dangerous weapons attacked me. I hastily jumped into a police vehicle. That was how I was rescued from the attack.
“Two of my supporters were injured while we were leaving the venue”, the lawmaker said.
However, one of the media aides of the deposed emir, Khalid Adamu, denied that the attackers were in the deposed emir’s entourage.
He said Mr Bayero arrived at the event with many supporters, but none of them was armed.
The Kano emirate crisis began after the lawmakers on May 23 repealed the State Emirate Council Law 2019, under which former Governor Abdullahi Ganduje created four new emirates.
