Nigeria, March 7 -- Many cars were destroyed when rival party supporters clashed in Kurmin Gwari in Kaduna South Local Government Area of Kaduna State on Wednesday.

The clash between loyalists of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) left a yet to be ascertained number injured, residents said.

Calm had returned to the area when PREMIUM TIMES visited Thursday morning, although some shops were still shut.

Residents who spoke with this newspaper said the clash was between supporters or the state House of Assembly candidate of the APC and that of the PDP.

"I was indoors. It was a party clash, not a community clash," Israel Ademola, a resident said.

"They said PDP was attacked in Barnawa before yesterday, ...