Nigeria, Sept. 1 -- A crisis is unfolding in the ranks of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Jigawa State following an attack on supporters of the Minister of Defence, Muhammad Badaru, in the Kafin Hausa Local Government Area.

On Sunday, thugs disrupted a gathering organised by the Kafin-Hausa community to honour a chieftain of the APC, Zakari Kafin-Hausa, and to endorse President Bola Tinubu for reelection in 2027.

The event, attended by the National Financial Secretary of the APC, Bashir Gumel, drew mostly officials who served under Mr Badaru's administration, which ran the state between 2015 and 2023.

A trending video online showed how some residents of Kafin-Hausa ran for safety after the supporters of another APC group alleged...