From Romanus Ugwu, Abuja
Political pressure group, Progressive League of Youth Voters, has raised the alarm over plans by the Kano state government to convey thousands of rioters in the guise of its supporters from the 44 Local Government Areas of the state into the metropolis to protest its loss at the Appeal Court.
National Coordinator, Audu Usman Shuaibu, made the disclosure in a statement he issued in Abuja on Tuesday.
He also alerted the general public, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Director General, Department of State Services (DGSS) and other security agencies on the inhuman activities of the state governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf.
Shuaibu, further claimed that the aim is to blackmail and frighten the Supreme Court panel of judges sitting on Kano state governorship appeal and force the justices to reverse the Appeal Court decision in their favour.
“We wish to alert the general public and call on the attention of the IGP, DGSS and other security agencies towards the inhuman activities of the governor of Kano state over his electoral loss at the Appeal Court.
“Our team in Kano state has informed us that the NNPP-led Kano state government has concluded plans to convey thousands of rioters in the guise of its supporters from the 44 LGAs of the state into Kano metropolis to protest the NNPP loss at the Appeal Court.
“The state government is using over 100 luxurious buses purchased by the immediate past Governor of the state and National Chairman of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, to ease transportation of Kano residents as then governor,” the group alleged.
Explaining further, the statement read that; “the government is to convey these rioters as passengers which will enable them bypass security agencies and cause mayhem in the state capital. The rioters have been mobilised and instructed to cause maximum mayhem in the city immediately upon arrival.
“The aim is to blackmail and frighten the Supreme Court panel of judges that will be sitting on the Kano state governorship appeal and force the justices to reverse the Appeal Court decision in their favour.
We condemn and consider this a shear blackmail which must be resisted by the judiciary and all well meaning Nigerians.
“It is disheartening to see a government saddled with the responsibility of protecting lives and property plotting to kill and destroy property of citizens.
“We call on all relevant security agencies to come to the aid of Kano residents and protect the good people of Kano state. This act of do or die politics is dangerous to peaceful co-existence and must be checkmated immediately,” the group warned.