The All People’s Congress (APC) in Kano has accused the state government of trying to cause chaos in the state by orchestrating and financing political protests.
Musa Iliyasu Kwankwaso, the former commissioner for rural development in the past administration made the accusation during a press conference in Kano on Thursday.
“Not happy with the judgement, the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) and the Kwankwasiyya Movement have engaged in massive propaganda thereby insulting the judiciary and trying to instigate political violence in Kano.
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“In the meantime, the NNPP is wasting Kano meager resources chasing shadows by taking political issues of the country that are rooted in the Nigerian Laws to ECOWAS, EU, US and other places instead of waiting for the decision of the Supreme Court of the land,” Kwankwaso lamented.
“They have spread false claims that Kano state is facing serious tension by funding patches of protests and rallies across the metropolis.”
He accused the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) of breaching the peace accords signed by the duo political parties signed at the state police headquarters.
“This is in violation of the Peace Accord that was signed at the Police Command recently.”
“It is the sponsored protests that are used to falsely create picture of crises in the state.
“The worse part of this is that the NNPP is not allowing the teeming masses to rest again, after demolishing their billions of Naira worth of property illegally. They are now sponsoring innocent youths to cause tension and chaos in the state.
“The Kano people cannot be cajoled using sponsored protests because they believe that it is Allah that gives power to whom He wishes and takes it from whom He wishes, and if He takes it from Abba Kabir Yusuf and gives it to Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna, so be it.
“These protests are stage managed and deliberately intended to create tension in the state and make it look like all is not well.
“The people of Kano are with APC and with Gawuna and Ganduje We won our election and the court detected the invalid votes they mischievously placed during the polls and cancelled them and our was returned to us.
“All the protests they are staging are fake and with the deliberate intention of heating the polity and creating undue tension where there is none.
“Everyone is going about his daily business except those paid crowds trying to create tension. Afteralll, who will come out to protest because court has sacked Abba, after demolishing their property?
“This is just a sign that the end has come for them, that is why they are all over the place trying to create unnecessary tension.”
The former APC’s flagbearer for Kura/Madobi/Garun Malam federal constituency seat in the just concluded election refuted the NNPP’s claim that the Appeal Court judgement created tension in Kano state.
“”I wish to state in clear terms that the peace and tranquility enjoyed in Kano, with everyone going about his daily business is a testament that it is not true that there is any tension in the state.”
He then commented the party stalwarts for their unshaken loyalty.
“I wil like to use this forum to extend our gratitude to the people of Kano state for their support and patience.”
The party chieftain called on the law-abiding residents in the state to ignore the NNPP sponspored unrests.
“I call on all and sundry to continue to remain calm and law abiding as we await the judgment of the Supreme Court which we believe will be in our favor.”