The opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday accused the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) of fueling the violent protests and mass possession of major streets in Kano against the judgment of the Appeal Court that sacked Governor Abba Kabiru Yusuf.
The court had affirmed Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna of the All Progressives Congress APC as the lawful winner of the March 18th 2023 governorship election in Kano.
The relative peace in the ancient city of Kano is being provoked by a series of violent protests by groups suspected to be members of NNPP despite the security order that restricted any form of political gathering in the state.
Reacting on Thursday, former Commissioner for Rural Development in Kano, Musa Illiyasu Kwankwaso, told journalists at a media briefing that the protest was a violation of the peace accord earlier signed by the political parties.
Kwankwaso, a strong allay of former Governor and APC Ag. National Chairman, Dr. Abdullahai Umar Ganduje accused the NNPP of wasting the meager resources of the state to chase shadows.
He challenged the NNPP to rather wait patiently for the judgement of the Supreme Court rather than take their local political matter rooted in the Nigerian Laws to ECOWAS, EU, US and other places.
According to him, “the NNPP and the Kwankwasiyya Movement have engaged in massive propaganda thereby insulting the judiciary and trying to instigate political violence in Kano. They have spread false claims that Kano state is facing serious tension by funding patches of protests and rallies across the metropolis.
“This is in violation of the Peace Accord that was signed at the Police Command recently part of which has banned such public assemblies. 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. It is the sponsored protests that are used to falsely create a picture of crises in the state.
“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.
“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.”