Kano Guber Tribunal: Don’t truncate justice in Kano, CCLCA warns

By Vivian Okejeme, Abuja

A coalition of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) accredited foreign and domestic observers for the 2023 Kano Governorship election, has warned the political gladiators to desist from truncating the will of the Kano people.
The group, made up of seven civil society organization, maintained that INEC declaration of the NNPP candidate, Abba Kabir Yusuf as the winner of that election, represent the voice of the people and in consistent with their observation in the field.
Meanwhile, Kano woman has cried out to the federal government, to allow justice prevail in Kano, adding that they will have no home and their children will have no school to attend if problems escalated.
Addressing the press, Monday, the Director General, Center For Credible Leadership and Citizens Awareness (CCLCA), Dr Gabriel Nwambu, decried the miscarriage of justice perpetrated by the Kano state tribunal.
To drive home his point, Dr Nwambu noted that Justice Flora Azinge, one of the justices of the State Assembly tribunal raised alarm over an attempt to offer 10 million naira to one of his staff with the intension to subvert justice in course of the proceedings of the tribunal.
According to him, this implies that there has been an unprecedented attempt to subvert justice and subvert the popular wish if the electorates in Kano state.
The group also expressed shocked over the Tribunals ruling bothering on the disqualification of the Governor of Kano state as member of the NNPP, adding that the matter is a pre-election matter which the tribunal had no jurisdiction.
They were also dismayed on the nullification of over one hundred thousands valid votes which was an integral part of the power exercised by the electorates as enshrined in the 1999 constitution as amended has never been seen before in the history of Nigeria.
They therefore, call for caution, noting how the spate of coup d’etat in Africa is spreading very fast and advise the political elites to look beyond their personal gains and focus on the unity and coexistence of the Nigerian nation.