The protest against the move by the Nasarawa State House of Assembly to impeach the State Governor, Tanko Al-Makura, continued on Thursday as protesters stormed Lafia, the state capital.
Two people died in the protest and one person injured when over 5,000 people marched from the Government House along Shendam Road Lafia, through major streets.
There were protests in Mararaba in Karu Local Government Area and Keffi on Wednesday.
Sources said that the Gwandere youth invaded a house belonging to an Eggon man, said to have the governorship posters of Labaran Maku, Minister of Information, on its wall, and set it ablaze including his car.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Ismaila Numaan, denied knowledge that two people were killed, but said security operatives had been deployed in the area to restore peace in the area.
Numman, however, admitted that the house was burnt in the early hours of Thursday but could not confirm who was responsible.
Sources said that the impeachment notice served on the governor did not go down well with the Gwandere youth, resulting in the violent protests to register their anger.
Sources said that a military Hilux van was sighted carrying the two dead bodies’ heading to Dr. Agu Hospital, ostensibly to deposit them at the mortuary.
They also accused the Eggon elite of being behind the predicaments of the governor.
Maku is Eggon while Al-Makura is of Gwandere ethnic extraction, which is one of the smallest ethnic nationalities in the state.
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