Angry youth beat up House of Rep memberin Katsina, accuse him of neglect

A member of the House of Representatives
representing Malumfashi/Kafur constituency of
Katsina state, Hon Ibrahim Babangida Mahuta,
was attacked by a mob in his constituency.
This is the third time the lawmaker has been
attacked by youths from his constituency. The
first being during the last public hearings on
constitution amendments.Mahuta, who was
elected on the platform of the defunct Congress
for Progressive Change (CPC) was attacked at
Masari village where he had gone to attend the
wedding of the daughter of former House of
Representatives speaker, Aminu Bello Masari.
The lawmaker had barely arrived at the venue of
the event when some angry youths started
raining invectives on him and before he could
defend himself, he was beaten with his clothes
torn.
Sources said that he had not visited his
constituency for a very long time, claiming that he
made overtures to the constituents, an action that
did not pacify the youths.
According to an eyewitness, "some youths who
had attended the wedding on sighting him began
to rain insults on him. They also accused him of
neglecting them and giving them pittance when
he was supposed to have done more.
"Some youths first held him by his clothes,
shouting "Karya ne", meaning "it's a lie" before
they tore his dress, while others hit him with
whatever they had on their hands. It took the
intervention of the police who rushed to the scene
and fired gunshots into the air to dispel the
youths.
"Mahuta was later taken to the police station in
Malumfashi for protection there for several hours,"
the source said.
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