Kano Sitting on keg of gunpowder, Ajadi Warms, Petitions NJC Over Appeal Court Ruling

Kano State is sitting on a keg of gunpowder, over last Fridays Appeal Court Ruling, and there’s need for the National Judicial Council to intervene.

This is the warning from a chieftain of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Comrade Olufemi Ajadi, over the Appeal Court’s judgement which affirmed the sack of Kano Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, from office.

According to Ajadi, the intervention of the NJC had become imperative as a way of checkmating breakdown of law and order.

He referred to a portion in the Certified True Copy (CTC) of the Appeal Court judgement giving victory to Governor Yusuf despite that the court’s announcement on Friday favoured All Progressives Congress (APC)’s Nasiru Gawuna.

Ajadi who spoke to journalists on Tuesday afternoon, said the NJC needed to clarify the matter and ensure that the truth was not swept under the carpet.

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“Kano is sitting perilously on a keg of gunpowder. The Appeal Court read a statement that favours the APC candidate but the Certified True Copy showed that Governor Abba Yusuf won his appeal. What is going on in Nigeria?

“Nigerians have lost faith in the judiciary system but NNPP will not give up. I hereby call on the National Judicial Commission to thoroughly investigate this matter and ensure that only the truth is revealed.”

The NNPP chieftain also urged the people of Kano not to engage in violence.

“I urge the people of Kano to remain calm, I have receive reports of protest and violence in some areas. I feel the pains of the people of Kano but we must remain civil. The NJC and the Supreme Court know that they are now being monitored from all over the world and I am confident that they won’t disappoint Nigerians. The people of Kano have chosen NNPP and no amount of corruption can change that.”

Meanwhile, the NNPP National Working Committee (NWC), has also broken its silence on the matter.

The NNPP Acting National Chairman, Abba Kawu Ali who spoke with journalists said: “We are calling on the National Judicial Council (NJC), to without delay commence investigation to unravel what happened in the matter.

“We are calling on eminent members of the bench (both retired and serving) and the bar, to be interested in what happened that we have the kind of scenario presented in the CTC of the judgement of the Appeal Court.

”In addition we call on leaders, elders and other major Stakeholders in the Nigerian project, including the media, to step into this matter to avert the danger this type of signal from the judiciary portends for our democracy in particular, and our country in general.

“From the scenario presented by the judgement, it is crystal clear that something is wrong somewhere and the onus is on all of us as Nigerians to unearth the riddle.”