From Paul Orude Bauchi
A Chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano State, Hon Shuaibu Mustapha has said that the Supreme Court judgment that confirmed Abba Kabir Yusuf of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) as the duly elected Governor of Kano State was based on the relevant laws of the land.
Mustapha expressed dismay that mischief makers within the Kano state APC were pointing accusing fingers at the Deputy Senate President, Sen. Barau Jibrin for allegedly being behind the failure of the All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial candidate, Yusuf Gawuna at the Supreme Court.
“Those who have been into partisan politics throughout their lives know that politics in most cases is a game of false accusations, finger pointing and mudslinging just to smear the hard-earned names of some public-spirited people they consider as their real or perceived enemies,” he said.
Mustapha who spoke on phone said that, “All these diabolical attitudes were mentioned times unnumbered in the holy scriptures i.e Qur’an and Bible. It is also the business of the bad eggs amongst us to fabricate and disseminate false, baseless and unfounded stories just to paint the great egret black”.
“No bonafidé card-carrying member of the APC in Kano State is ignorant of the fact that without Senator Barau’s ever-growing popularity in state, the APC would not have won any seat in the state considering the attitudes of some of its leaders towards the electorates even on the eve of the 2023 general elections,” the APC Chieftain said
He said that, unrivalled commitment to his people did not only win his Kano-North senatorial seat but also saved the necks of almost all those who contested for the House of Representatives and State House of Assembly in his senatorial zone with the exception of Ganduje’s biological son who was pipped to the post by another political heavyweight, Hon. Tijjani Jobe of the NNPP.
“In fact, Barau Jibrin’s popularity cuts across all the Forty – Four Local Governments in Kano State, hence, there was no Local Government you go and you don’t find thousands of people working assiduously for Senator Barau with or without his consent because his generosity is palpably spotted in every nook and cranny of the state
“I see no reason why some people must concoct lies to eke out a living and why must it always be against Senator Barau Jibrin. Even when there are other not too good politicians occupying different types of positions both elective and appointive in the state.
“Although, one Ghanaian proverb says; only a stone that glitters attracts the attention of the passerby, I would want to call on these disgruntled elements within Kano State chapter of the APC to desist from such acts as they demote them even in the society they live
“I could remember vividly when the G7 was formed at the twilight of the year 2022, a lot of allegations were labelled against the innocent Barau Jibrin to stop him from winning the party’s gubernatorial primary election as well as retaining his senatorial seat, but God stood for him and his staunch enemies were put to shame.”
The APC chieftain stressed that,”Should former Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna and Murtala Sule Garo be contacted by the busy bodies concocting the allegations that the Deputy Senate President, they will be told what actually contributed to the failure of Dr. Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna at the supreme Court.”
He also said that they will get to know that Barau Jibrin played a vital role that led to the success of Gawuna at the polls and at both the tribunal and the appellate court.
According to him,”And even a day before the Supreme Court gave its Verdict, Senator Barau Jibrin along with other dignitaries did all they could to make sure that the victory was maintained even at the Supreme Court but they were defeated by the powers of the law. And I am sure the judgment was meted out in the interest of the law of the land,” he stated.
“As a law-abiding Nigerian, Senator Barau Jibrin has no power to dictate to the Justices of the Supreme Court what they should do and what they should not.”