The Kano State government has alleged that the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, was planning to disrupt the forthcoming March 11 Governorship and State Assembly elections in the state.
This is contained in a statement on Monday by the state Commissioner for Information and Internal Affairs, Muhammad Garba.
Mr Garba claimed that the government has received credible information on how thugs will be hired from villages in Kano and beyond to upset the electoral process through violence, massive rigging, box snatching and arson.
He said that the government was compelled to bring the plan to the attention of the public, “because this could disrupt the governorship and House of Assembly elections to its favour”.
The commissioner recalled that in 2019, the opposition managed a well organised election rigging network, particularly in the metropolitan local governments, where youths, mostly without voter cards, were engaged to perpetrate the act.
The commissioner alleged that this time around, the opposition was planning to bring chaos through the use of thugs to cause mayhem with a view to dispersing voters at polling units in order to have the opportunity to rig the elections and subvert the will of the people.
He further alleged that the statement issued by the opposition in the state was just playing the victim card, but had perfected their nefarious plans to ensure that they disrupt the electoral process and deploy maximum violence.
Mr Garba, however, assured that the APC-led government would ensure that peace prevailed in the state.
The commissioner called on relevant security agencies to be alive to their responsibility by fishing out any individual or group bent on fomenting trouble to deny people exercise their franchise.
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