UNFULFILLED CAMPAIGN PROMISES: IRATE CONSTITUENTS RAZE SENATOR'S AND REPRESENTATIVE'S HOUSES IN KANO

On Wednesday, irate constituents in Kano stormed houses belonging to their Senator and member of the House of Representatives, and set the properties alight, accusing the lawmakers of failing to fulfil their electoral promises.

The constituents staged a violent protest early Wednesday in Gaya Local Government area of Kano State before seizing the properties belonging to Senator Kabiru Gaya, and another owned by Abdulahi Gaya, the member representing Gaya federal constituency.

According to reports, the two properties were badly burnt and destroyed.

The youthful constituents initially appeared to have dispersed but later regrouped and became more violent. They also set fire on the campaign office of Mr. Gaya, the House member.

They were angry because the lawmakers failed to provide water, electricity, jobs and roads, as they promised before their elections in 2015, the irate constituents lamented.

Tanimu Sani Gaya, one of the leaders of the angry youths, said before the elections, politicians from the area agreed that they would solve the problems of water, electricity and unemployment bedevilling the district.

One year after the polls, residents of the area still trek kilometres to get water while hundreds of youth still roam about without jobs, they complained.

​Magaji Majiya, police spokesman, confirmed the incident.