Nigeria, Nov. 2 -- Police in Katsina State have arrested three people after a vehicle was set ablaze and political posters were burnt in Yankara, Faskari Local Government Area, on Saturday.

In a statement issued on Sunday, police spokesperson Abubakar Aliyu described the incident as suspected political thuggery.

He said investigations were continuing to determine what triggered the violence.

According to the police, a crowd blocked a road in Yankara, threw stones and burnt political posters after Governor Dikko Radda had passed through the town on his way to an All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship campaign rally in Faskari.

Mr Aliyu said the governor's convoy passed without incident under the security arrangements put in place...