A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former Commissioner for Rural and Community Development, Illyasu Kwankwaso has claimed that the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP)-led government is trying to instigate political violence in the state.
The APC chieftain made the allegation at a press conference in the state on Thursday.
According to him, the state government was funding patches of protests and rallies across the metropolis so as to build a basis for their false claim of tension in the state.
He lamented that such a move was a violation of the Peace Accord that was recently signed.
Kwankwaso insisted that there is no tension in the state, adding that the protests in different areas are being stage managed to heat up the polity.
According to him, “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.
“All these protests are stage managed and are simply designed to heat up the polity and create tension where thee is none.”
He stressed that the NNPP government has been wasting Kano’s 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
He enjoined them to desist from insulting the judiciary, urging them to wait for the decision of the Supreme Court of the land.
“The people of Kano are with APC and with Gawuna and Ganduje. We won election and the court detected the invalid votes they mischievously placed during the polls and cancelled them and our was returned to us,” he added.
