The Progressive League of Youth Voters for Tinubu/Shettima has called on the Justices of the Appeal Court especially the ones handling the Kano State governorship appeal not to succumb sponsored propaganda by New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP).
The National Coordinator, Audu Shuaibu, in a statement issued Sunday, said there was no amount of intimidation or blackmail that would deter the appeal court from delivering just judgement.
Recall that the Kano State governorship election petition tribunal had on the 20th of September, 2023 sacked Abba Yusuf as Governor of Kano State and declared Dr. Nasiru Gawun of the All Progressives Congress (APC) the duly elected Governor of the State after separating over 165,000 invalid votes earlier allocated to the NNPP in the March 18th 2023 governorship poll.
The group pointed out that since then, the NNPP and Yusuf have being allegedly sponsoring negative campaign against the judiciary.
It noted that this was aimed at blackmailing the learned Justices of the Appeal Court and bully them into subverting justice to overturn the sound and courageous judgement delivered by Justice Oluyemi Akintan-Osadebay of the Kano State Governorship election petition tribunal.
It said: “Let it be known that there is no amount of intimidation or blackmail that will deter the appeal court from delivering just judgement.
“I join all well meaning Nigerians to encourage the Hon. Justices of the Appeal Court especially the ones handling the Kano State governorship appeal not to give in to their gimmicks of sponsored propaganda by Engr Abba Kabir Yusuf and his party, NNPP.”
The group, therefore adviced politicians to desist from electoral fraud as the Nigerian judicial system is determined and strong enough to strengthen democracy by upholding the rule of law at all times.
