The Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano, Alhaji Abdullahi Abbas has cautioned Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf to obey court order and avoid action that could lead to breakdown of law and order in the State.
Abbas, in a statement to newsmen in Abuja on Friday, frowned at an alleged inciting statement credited to the Governor at a rally in the Kano metropolis on Thursday.
The Governor at the rally held at the Sani Abacha stadium, Kano was alleged to have openly boasted to supporters of the ruling New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) that nobody can stop the Kano State Independent Electoral Commission (KANSIEC) from conducting the local council poll billed to hold on Saturday.
The APC Chairman complained that such statement was unbecoming of the chief security officer of the state.
The opposition party called on the State Government to obey the last Tuesday order of a Kano, Federal High Court presided over by Justice Simon Amobeda which restrained KANSIEC from holding the council poll after sacking the Chairman, Secretary and Commissioners of the agency.
The opposition party noted that the call to ignore the court directive was a clear case of an invitation to anarchy and lawlessness.
“The Governor should simply respect the laws. As law-abiding citizens interested in the growth of our dear state of Kano, the Governor should desist from any act that could throw the state into chaos. Inciting people to take the laws into their hand is not the hallmark of good leadership,” the party noted.
Justice Amobeda also restrained Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from issuing voter’s register to KANSIEC while ordering the security agencies including Police, Department of State Security (DSS) and Civil Defense from participating in the proposed election.
The court ruled that, the KANSIEC chairman and other members of the Commission are card-carrying members of the ruling New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, and also are not civil servants above grade level 14.
The Court held that the defendants being a card carrying members of the New Nigeria People Party (NNPP) and in partisan politics is contrary to Section 197 (1) (b) and Section 200 (1) (a) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended) and are not qualified to hold such positions in the state electoral body.
