“Our Stolen Mandate Has Been Reclaimed” – Kano Govt, NNPP

By Daniel Maduka

“The stolen mandate of the good people of Kano, has been reclaimed. The world has witnessed that Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of the New Nigerian Peoples Party, NNPP, was the authentic and popular choice of the teeming populace of the State during the last Gubernatorial Election”.

Those were the assertions on Saturday, January 13, 2024, of Kano State’s Commissioner for Higher Education, Dr Yusuf Ibrahim Kofarmata, as he felicitated with the people on the Supreme Court victory of Governor Yusuf.

It would be recalled that on Friday January 12 the apex court had, in a ruling which jolted not a few, reversed the earlier nullification of Governor Yusuf’s electoral triumph by both the Election Petition Tribunal sitting in kano and Appeal court in Lagos.

In a statement issued and personally signed by him, Dr Kofarmata noted that the final affirmation of Abba Yusuf as the duly elected Governor of Kano by the Supreme Court has saved the image of the Judiciary, which he said was almost at the point of being eroded, as a result of the earlier rulings of the Tribunal and Appeal Court both of which sacked Governor Yusuf.

He Commended the resilience, dodgednes and steadfastness of the highest Court in the land in the face of series and unmitigated acts of blackmail and intimidation, allegedly, orchestrated by the opposition, with the  now botched intentions of securing through the back door what they could not get at the polls .

While appreciating the people of Kano for their unflinching and overwhelming support for the NNPP through the  electioneering period to the trying moments of the legal battles, Dr Kofarmata called for continued understanding and cooperation of all residents to ensure a sustained delivery of good governance.

Meanwhile, Governor Yusuf has sued for peace  and cooperation from all, particularly, the opposition in the task of moving the state forward .

This is even as he  commended the people of the State for their steadfastness , prayers sacrifices in all dimensions , and courage in protecting their mandate.

The Governor who spoke in Abuja, immediately after his victory lauded the Judiciary for upholding the sanctity and independence of the Judiciary.

The Source News magazine reports that, although the rival All Progressive Congress APC in the State ,is visibly not happy with the turn of events,  peace and restraint have  continued to dominate the ever volatile political space of the Centre of Commerce for now.