Thugs on Saturday stormed the international trade fair complex in Kaduna venue of the North-West Zonal Congress of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) disrupting the process.
The congress was disrupted by thugs midway into the voting process by delegates from the seven states of the north-west region to elect their zonal chairman and other executive members.
During the violence that rocked the congress, ballot papers and other voting materials were destroyed – a situation that forced most of the party chieftains to hurriedly leave the venue for fear of being caught in the attack.
The Chairman of the Media Sub-Committee of the congress, Abdulrahman Usman, reacting to the fracas said it was caused by delegates from Kano State over who would emerge as the PDP chairman in the zone.
He explained that as soon as the exercise was disrupted, the congress was put on hold to avoid further escalation of the crisis.
Usman, however, said that the leaders of the party would meet to address all pending issues before fixing a new date for the zonal congress.
Sources said there were two top contenders for the position of the zonal chairman from Kano State, Senator Bello Gwarzo and Muhammad Yusuf
Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, and a former National Caretaker Chairman of the party, Senator Ahmed Makarfi, were among those present while Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, was absent at the congress.
