Ahead of Friday’s Appeal Court’s scheduled judgement on the Kano governorship tussle in Abuja, the executive members of the two main rival political parties, the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC), have signed a peace accord before the state’s Joint Security Committee.
At the signing of the peace accord, conducted at the Kano State Police Command on Thursday, members of the two political parties agreed, among others, to shun all forms of celebration and protests.
Kano State Secretary of APC, Ibrahim Zakari Sarina, and NNPP’s Deputy Chairman South, Ibrahim Dahu, assured Police Commissioner Muhammad Usaini Gumel that they would make sure that the state remains peaceful before, during, and after the delivery of judgement at the Appeal Court.
Zakari Sarina, on his part, said: “I will personally mobilise all my party members to remain calm on whatever happens at the Appeal Court and this is because we are known for keeping peace in Kano.”
Ibrahim Dahu said his members had been forewarned long ago by the government to steer clear of any violence and anybody found fomenting violence would be dealt with without delay.
The Commissioner of Police, along with the DSS Director in the state and the military chiefs, said that they have taken all necessary measures to ensure that Kano remains peaceful.
“We have worked an extra mile to ensure that we maintain the peace Kano enjoyed and we are doing all we can to arrest any unforeseen circumstances that might truncate peace,” said the joint security chiefs.
