Pro-Jonathan's Rally Turns Violent In Kaduna

photo A pro-Jonathan political rally, disguised as a Unity and Peace rally, has ended abruptly on a tragic note in Kaduna, with an unspecified number of participants reportedly injured, with some dripping with blood.

There has been reports that at least two people may have died following injuries that received at a Peace and Unity rally in Kaduna earlier today. The rally, which many say is a Pro-Jonathan gathering, thus ended abruptly with the victims rushed to the hospital.

The rally took an ugly turn when participants began to use dangerous weapons on one another, witnesses said.

The rally, reportedly bankrolled by a governor from the South-south geopolitical zone, was organized under the auspices of the Northern Youth Forum, which has members in the 19 northern states.

The participants, those familiar with the organisation of the rally said, were bused to Kaduna from all the 19 northern states and paid N3000 each.

It is believed that a large number of the youth who attended the rally had no idea that it was aimed at promoting and selling Jonathan's 2015 ambition to the people. This dawned on them when the rally organizer, Jubril Tafida, a former vice-chairman of a local government in Kaduna and current youth leader of the Northern Youth Forum, began to heap praises on President Jonathan in their speeches.

The police was later called in to quell the violence and disperse the crowd.

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