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CSO Writes INEC, Seeks De-registration Of NNPP

by Sunday Isuwa
2 years ago
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A group, the Guardians of Democracy and Rule of Law (GDRL) has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to de-register the New Nigerian People’s Party (NNPP).

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The group, in a statement signed by Augustine Aaron Ugboha, Esq, said this has become necessary over the anti-democratic tendencies, violence, intimidation, arson, and killings linked to members of the party known as Kwankwasiyya political movement.

Ugboha said the group, comprising some top government officials, has unleashed mayhem on innocent citizens following the tribunal judgment that sacked Governor Abbah Yusuf.

Barr Ugboha recalled that Baffa Abdullahi Bichi, the Secretary to the Kano State Government even went as far as declaring that “there will be no peace in Nigeria if tribunal judgment is against us”.

He added: “Recently, we noticed that our democracy has come under serious threat by the activities of a political group in Kano state, known as the Kwankwasiyya political movement. This group has been alleged to employ every anti-democratic tendency; violence, intimidation, arson, killing, etc., in pursuit of their political interests.

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Indeed, the Kwankwasiyya movement has since become notorious for its disruptive and reckless nature, but our attention was only drawn to their anti-democratic activities before and during the recejudgmentent of the Kano state governorship election petition tribunal that sacked Governor Abbah K. Yusuf of NNPP and declared Nasir Gawuna Yusuf of APC the validly elected governor of the state.

“It was with great displeasure and glaring unease that we read the reckless and unguarded utterances of those unpardonable blunder for members of the state cabinet council to attempt to use unconstitutional means to intimidate the judiciary out of its legal duties by threatening judges sitting over the case of their principal. who are at the leadership echelon of the movement.

“The judiciary is an important component of our electoral system and our democracy. It is therefore an

“As if that was not enough, when The Honourable Judges of the Kano State Election petition tribunal commented on the terror nature of the Kwankwasiya Group, through a member of the Kano State tribunal, Justice Benson Anya, who noted in his judgment that it was wrong of any individual or group to ‘threaten the entire polity of Kano State with violence’ because of a court decision.”


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Sunday Isuwa is an award winning journalist with over 15 years of experience. Currently at LEADERSHIP Media Group, he has published thousands of articles that have helped in shaping Democracy, Good Governance in Nigeria, Africa and the world at large. His Twitter handle is @IsuwaSunday 

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