{"id":51681,"date":"2016-07-28T19:35:46","date_gmt":"2016-07-28T18:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=51681"},"modified":"2016-07-28T19:35:46","modified_gmt":"2016-07-28T18:35:46","slug":"kano-govt-accuses-kwankwaso-plot-disrupt-saturdays-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/kano-govt-accuses-kwankwaso-plot-disrupt-saturdays-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Kano Govt Accuses Kwankwaso of Plot To Disrupt Saturday&#8217;s Elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<pre>The Kano State Government has claimed that it has uncovered plans by\r\npolitical pressure group Kwankwassiya led by former governor, Rabiu Musa\r\nKwankwaso to disrupt next Saturday\u2019s state House of Assembly by-election\r\nin Minjibir.\r\n\r\nState commissioner of information, Youth, Sports and culture, Malam\r\nMuhammad Garba who made the revelation in a press statement, said\r\nsupporters of Kwankwasiyya group have orchestrated plans to unleashed\r\nmayhem during the rescheduled election by allegedly hired thugs.\r\n\r\nGarba claimed that information at the state government disposal suggested\r\nthat KWANKWASIYYA GROUP has hired thugs from neighboring country of Niger\r\nRepublic and states of Katsina and Jigawa state to unleash Mayhem on\r\nInnocent and law abiding electorates, with the aim of scuttling the entire\r\nprocess for his selfish reasons.\r\n\r\nHe then revealed that  we have received credible information that the\r\nKWANKWASIYYA GROUP, knowing fully that their anti- party intention will\r\nfail has resorted to hiring of thugs from the republic of Niger and\r\nneighboring states of Katsina and Jigawa state. We have learnt on good\r\nauthority that the thugs imported are armed to the teeth.\r\n\r\nWe want to warn that as a responsible government we will not sit down and\r\nfold our hands for some disgruntle elements to cause chaos in the state\r\nand destroyed the relative peace in state.\r\n\r\nWe have informed the security agencies of this nefarious plan, we will\r\nsupport them to protect lives and property of law abiding citizens. As a\r\nresponsible government we will not be party to any process that is\r\nundemocratic and unlawful. The statement warned.\r\n\r\nThe Commissioner therefore enjoins all citizens of the state especially\r\nthe people of  Minjibir local government to be law abiding, urging them to\r\ngo out and exercise their franchise without any fear of molestation, while\r\nassuring them of their safety.\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kano State Government has claimed that it has uncovered plans by political pressure group Kwankwassiya led by former governor, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso to disrupt next Saturday\u2019s state House of&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43155,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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