*Says party’s attempt to blackmail Supreme Court will fail
By KEMI KASUMU
According to reports from Kano State, leaders of the APC in the state have been distributing souvenirs like clothes, T-shirts etc which they say is in anticipation of their “victory” at the apex Court, NNPP alleged.
The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) sats that it has come to its notice, the unwholesome activities of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano State ahead of the Supreme Court judgement in the Appeal filed by it and the elected Governor of the state, Engr. Abba Kabir Yusuf.
This was made known In a statement by the Acting National Chairman of the NNPP, Hon. Abba Kawu Ali, in Abuja on Wednesday Januari 10, 2024.
According to reports from Kano State, leaders of the APC in the state have been distributing souvenirs like clothes, T- shirts etc which they say is in anticipation of their “victory” at the apex Court, NNPP alleged.
“It is the standard norm all over the world that when a matter is before the judicuary, no party in the suit should do anything to influence the outcome by whatever means. Without doubt, this action by the APC tantamounts to harassment and blackmail of the juduciary. And this act should be roundly condemned by all lovers of democracy and the rule of law,” the NNPP reacted.
According to the statement, “It is the view of the NNPP that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the leader of the APC in Nigeria should call his PARTY leaders in KANO State to order. As a matter of fact, the desperation of the APC leaders in Kano State has reached the crescendo and if not checked could plunge the State, the Northern Nigeria and the entire country into a crisis of monumental proportion.
“It is very visible, even to the blind, that the APC was roundly defeated by the NNPP in Kano State in the last General elections and that THE APC was only trying get what it failed to get in the ballot boxes through the back door. The facts are there for all to see. It is on record that NNPP trounced the APC in all the five elections conducted in Kano State in the 2023 General elections. So why are they so particular about the Governorship seat?
“We are using this medium to reietrate our unflinching confidence in the ability of the Supreme Court to dispense justice. All the issues before the Supreme Court are MATTERS that have at various times been decided in favour of the NNPP position.
“So, why is the APC heating up the polity. From our findings, the Justices in the Supreme Court are men and women of courage and impeccable character that have the fear of God in their hearts, and are focussed on dispensing justice and uphold the principles of the rule of law.
“Perhaps it has become pertinent to remind the APC in Kano that if the former party in Government had behaved the way APC in Kano is behaving, democracy would have long been dead and buried in Nigeria.
“We are assuring the vast majority of Kano people who are in love with the man with the popular votes, Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf, the Executive Governor of Kano State, that nothing will happen to the mandate they freely gave to him on March 18, 2023. Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf will continue to discharge the duties and responsibilities of his office to the best of his abilities to the good people of Kano State,” it said.!
