The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described the statement credited to the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) that the ruling party was trying to take Kano state through backdoor by declaring a state of emergency as grossly insensitive, unwarranted and unacceptable
It added that as a statesman, Kwankwaso should busy himself with exploring and exhausting all avenues for political and peaceful solutions to the royal impasse rather than amplifying the drums of strife and upheaval.
The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Felix Morka, in a statement issued Tuesday said it also considered Kwankwaso’s comments to be disappointing, highly incendiary and unconscionable for an individual of his standing.
He maintained that the situation in Kano State calls for calm as the nation awaits judicial or political resolution of all outstanding matters.
Morka said the ruling party expected Kwankwaso to demonstrate high grade discretion, and a better grip of the severe social, political and security implications of unguarded utterances capable of fueling tension and strife in the good state of Kano.
He stressed: “The attention of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been drawn to comments reportedly made by Senator Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso, former Governor of Kano State and 2023 presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), accusing the APC-led federal government of attempting to create a new breed of Boko Haram terrorists and insurgents in Northern Nigeria.
“Without any shred of evidence, he further alleged that certain individuals in APC fold were goading the federal government with the goal of reclaiming Kano State through a declaration of a state of emergency.
Morka added that It was disturbing that Kwankwaso would accuse the federal government of attempting to create a new breed of Boko Haram terrorists — the same Boko Haram that has inflicted unspeakable and despicable acts of terror that have destroyed the lives of innocent citizens and our heroic men and women in uniform.