Opposite to the declare by the Kano State authorities suggesting that the All Progressives Congress (APC) sponsored the violent protests within the State lately, the celebration has accused the state governor, Abba Yusuf, of funding the protest to tarnish the picture of President Bola Tinubu-led administration.
APC nationwide chairman, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, made the allegation in Abuja on Thursday.
An announcement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the APC Nationwide Chairman, Edwin Olofu, mentioned credible intelligence stories revealed that the protest, which tragically turned bloody, was instantly sponsored by Governor Yusuf-led administration in Kano State.
“It’s alarming {that a} sitting governor would incite such chaos and violence inside his state, placing the lives and properties of harmless residents in danger.
“We strongly condemn this reckless and irresponsible behaviour, which is an try to destabilize Kano, undermine the peace and safety of the area, extra importantly to tarnish the great picture of our President.
“We demand that the Federal Authorities, by related safety companies, instantly launches an intensive investigation into the Kano State Authorities’s involvement on this unlucky incident.
“The sponsors of this violence should be delivered to justice to make sure that this doesn’t set a harmful precedent for different states.”
“Moreover, we discover the allegations that protesters looted and absconded with ‘delicate paperwork’ regarding the continuing witch-hunting beneath the guise of the corruption trial of former Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje as baseless and comical.
“It’s laughable that governance has been diminished to an enormous joke in Kano state that the state authorities will condescend low to suggesting that demonstrators broke right into a courtroom and punctiliously chosen paperwork regarding the trial of the APC Nationwide Chairman, handpicked them and take them away on this digital age, no discerning thoughts will purchase into this pedestrian propaganda.
“What occurred to the paperwork with the federal government attorneys? The state authorities is bereft of concepts on how one can run the affairs of the state and has all the time resorted to churning out myriads of corruption allegations in opposition to the previous governor of the state Abdullahi Umar Ganduje and his household who served the state diligently.
“This declare is nothing greater than a determined try by Governor Yusuf’s administration to divert consideration from their culpability within the violence that erupted within the state.
“The insinuation that such crucial paperwork may very well be carted away throughout a protest isn’t solely far-fetched but in addition a transparent indication of the state’s rising incompetence in dealing with each safety and authorized issues.
“It’s a recognized indisputable fact that the day earlier than the start of the protest Governor Yusuf was grandstanding and telling those who he would be part of them in the event that they wished to protest however sadly for him the individuals employed by the state authorities to execute the protest in opposition to the APC authorities went haywire in opposition to their preliminary plan.
“After main them on, it’s now clear to all that his authorities funded the violent protest that occurred in Kano.
“Governor Yusuf ought to perceive that the phrases and actions of leaders carry weight and have dire penalties.
“We stand with the individuals of Kano and name on all well-meaning residents to stay calm and law-abiding whereas the authorities conduct their investigations. The APC stays dedicated to selling peace, justice, and good governance throughout the nation,” the assertion learn.
