Nigeria, Sept. 4 -- Some workers of a blacksmith workshop have accused the chairperson of Tudun Wada Local Government Area of Kano State, Sa'adatu Salisu, of leading thugs to demolish the workshop, during which one person was shot and several others were injured.

The local government ordered the demolition of structures impeding drainage, but the workers said their workshop was not one of them.

One of the workers, Musa Abdulmumin, told reporters at the police headquarters in Kano that they had reported the incident to the police for investigation to avert further violence.

"The chairperson of Tudun Wada came with a group of hunters to the workshop and started beating us. I sustained injury on my hand. She ordered the shooting of our ma...