The National Coalition Against Terrorism has called on the Inspector General of Police to immediately arrest the Leader of the Kwankwasiyya Movement, and the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Kwankwaso over an alleged plot to blackmail and intimidate tribunal Justices.
The National Coordinator of the group, Terrence Kuanum, made the call while addressing a press conference on Thursday in Abuja.
The group alleged that since the tribunal judgment, the Kwankwasiyya Movement was threatening justices and judicial officers for being courageous enough to deliver just judgment.
It said: “Most worrisome is the threat by the Kwankwasiyya Movement who are members of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP).
“You may recall that, the Governorship and State House of Assembly election petition tribunal in Kano State declared the All Progressives Congress APC Governorship candidate, Dr. Nasir Yusuf Gawuna as the duly elected Governor of Kano on the 20th of September, 2023 due to irregularities and non-compliance with the electoral Act 2022 as amended.”
The coordinator said it was a common sense that after separating the invalid votes which does not bear the official mark nor signed and stamped by the presiding officer as prescribed by section 63 sub section (1) of the Electoral Act 2022, the NNPP lost the election to the APC with 26,766 vote difference which placed the APC as the winner.
The group, therefore, warned the Kwankwasiyya Movement and the government of Governor Abba Yusuf to desist from intimidating the judiciary as law is not based on sentiment but facts before it.
It stated: “You may not be the first Governor to lose an election to his opponent neither would you be the last.
“We call on the Inspector General of Police to immediately arrest the Leader of the Kwankwasiyya Movement for proper interrogation over threat to life and peaceful co-existence in Kano State.”
The group lamented that the Kano government demolished property of Kano indigenes, investors and businessmen worth over N206 billion within three weeks when it came to power.