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Rabi\u2019u Kwankwaso of Kano State in Kano on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If a baby is born, you cannot commit abortion,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, INEC has already recognised the name APC as the property of the merged political parties.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;APC is the intellectual property of the merged parties, so to even say that INEC will frustrate their effort was very illogical.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I believe that INEC is headed by an intellectual element, Prof Attahiru Jega. He is from an intellectual community, university.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The fact that he knows what intellectual property means, he will not tamper with it,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>He also expressed confidence that APC would remain with the merged political party at the end of the day, &#8220;being an intellectual property of the merging group, it must get protection\u2019\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>He urged the Federal Government to dialogue with Boko Haram, but on condition that justice must be done &#8220;for those with blood in their hands\u2019\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>He called for the immediate scrapping of the Ministry of Police Affairs, as it was nothing but a duplication of the role of Police Affairs Commission.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you look at it very critically, you will come to understand that the ministries of police affairs and internal affairs are a waste.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The number of policemen in the country are inadequate, so also the strength and training are inadequate,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>NAN reports that Tinubu was in Kano to commiserate with the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero, over the attack on his motorcade on Jan.19.<\/p>\n<p>He was accompanied on the visit by the former Chairman of EFCC, Malam Nuhu Ribadu, and the National Chairman of ACN, Chief Bisi Akande. 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