From Maduabuchi Nmeribeh, Kano
The Gawuna/Garo Campaign Council has tasked the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) in Kano state, to shun over voting, massive rigging , vote stuffing to avoid repeat of inconclusive election in 2023.
A statement signed by the spokesperson of the Campaign Council who is also Kano State Commissioner for Information, Malam Muhammad Garba, blamed electoral fraud, allegedly committed by NNPP agents and loyalists who were in the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) then, as the catalyst which led to inconclusive election in 2019.
Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of the All Progressive Congress (APC) was declared winner of that election, after defeating Abba Yusuf of the PDP, who is now governorship candidate of the NNPP.
In a recent Press Conference, the NNPP leadership had announced that they will not tolerate inconlusive election in 2019.
But APC, through a Statement by Malam Garba, said that, “for the avoidance of the recurrence of the inconclusive election in 2019, the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) should avoid repeating over voting, massive rigging, vote stuffing and unleashing violence that resulted in the cancellation of some results from the governorship election.”
He noted that the opposition, which was then in the PDP, “operated a massive rigging machine that led the declaration of the 2019 governorship election by the Independent Electoral Commission of Nigeria (INEC) as inconclusive.”
Malam Garba stated that, “when the PDP rejected the outcome of the election, it pursued the legal option right from the state Election Petition Tribunal, the Court of Appeal, up to the Supreme Court, all of which affirmed Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje as the duly elected governor.”
The Gawuna/Garo Campaign Council spokesperson further stated that, “the NNPP is avoiding issues based campaigns but indulging in brinkmanship on matters settled by competent courts of law.
“The comment by the NNPP, which came on the heels of recent analysis that rates its candidate, Abba Kabir Yusuf number three in the contestants for the office of the governor, pointed out that the streak of the APC candidate, Dr. Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna in terms of quality, caliber, qualification, experience, perseverance and human relations posture of the APC candidate, Dr. Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna is unmatched by any other candidate.”
He said APC and its candidates, “have what it takes to win the election as it fielded its contender based on merit not mawkish reasons, saying, its candidate relates well and is presentable before the people of Kano.”
