Ahead of the Supreme Court’s decision on the Kano State governorship election, the Nigeria Police Force, Kano Command has vowed to take severe actions against any planned protests and anything that may jeopardize the state’s calm.
The Police Commissioner, Muhammad Usaini Gumel, said as the two major political parties, the New Nigerian People’s Party, NNPP, and the All Progressives Congress, APC, resigned from a peace agreement.
According to Platinum Times, tensions are high in Kano as locals await the Supreme Court’s decision on the contentious governorship race.
The Commissioner intimated that the State Joint Security Committee was in place to ensure that anyone who violated the signed peace treaty under whatever cover would have himself to blame.
Despite the peace deal, the police chief was enraged that some nameless gangs were hellbent on causing havoc and uncertainty in the historic city.
“We will not allow anybody, no matter his place in the society, to cause disharmony and violence among Kano citizens who are peace loving people,” he said.
Speaking, the Chairman of the NNPP, Hashimu Dungurawa and the State Deputy Chairman of APC, Shehu Maigari, disagreed on who was responsible for what happened after the first and second signing of peace accords in the State.
Hashimu Dungurawa, the NNPP State Chairman, accusing the APC members as those inciting violence, said his party and indeed the State Governor, Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf have been working in tandem with the security to ensure peace.
However, the APC Deputy Chairman, Shehu Maigari, said everyone was aware of who to blame for the loss of lives and the violent protests in the state, adding that his party had nothing to worry about.