Alliance for the Protection of People’s Votes Cautions Against Tampering with the Will of Kano People, Urges Supreme Court to Affirm Their Decision
A Nigerian-based pressure group, Alliance for the Protection of People’s Votes, cautions certain elements and other critical stakeholders against tampering with the will of the people.
The pressure group, chaired by Simon Obaje, made this statement after a closed-door meeting by its officials held in Lagos.
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The group asserts that common sense indicates that the judgments of the Kano Tribunal and the appeal court were a travesty of justice served on the most popular governor in Nigeria, Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of NNPP, who won the 2023 general elections fairly and squarely.
They express concern that the judiciary, as demonstrated in the Kano case, seems to be setting a precedent where desperate politicians rejected by the electorate could go to court and illegitimately take over the government.
Simon emphasizes the imperative for Nigeria’s apex court to uphold its integrity and avoid endorsing illegality, as seen in the tribunal and appeal court rulings.
The group supports the position of elder statesmen like former President Olusegun Obasanjo, a pillar of democracy, urging that after the electorate votes, three people should not overturn the mandate of millions, as witnessed in the Kano case.
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They also call on President Tinubu, at the forefront of the actualization of the June 12 mandate annulled by the military, to ensure that the judges of the Supreme Court do justice by affirming the victory of Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf, who was overwhelmingly elected by the people of Kano.
The caution is against throwing Nigeria into a pre-1966 election crisis, where regional upheavals turned the west into the wild wild west and other misfortunes that befell Nigeria, such as the civil war.”