Kano Concerned Citizens Initiative (KCCI) on Monday declared that the group of elders would not watch and allow anyone with ambitions to drag Kano state into chaos.
Chairman of the group, Alhaji Bashir Tofa, amidst prominent members of the group made this known while speaking to news men over recent occurrences in the political sphere of the state.
According to Tofa, the elders would do the needful to protect the state and would not permit anything detrimental to the state on account of individual’s ambition.
He urged political leaders to discontinue from indiscreet utterances which could daunt ones thought and trigger violence.
He said “That it is incumbent upon political leaders to strictly obey the rules of engagement and the law by admonishing their members, operatives and followers to be mindful of the full wrath of the law this time around adding that open monitory and other unlawful inducements must never be condoned during the rerun elections.”
However, he called on security personnel to be at alert beginning from now until the formal declaration of the rerun election results and after.
He also urged for the provision of sufficient personnel to be available and posted to each of the polling units that consist of the 88 registration areas (wards) in the 30 affected local government areas of the state.
Tofa said “Security operatives must be seen to be upright and above board and completely nonpartisan. They have done well during the previous elections but the rerun exercise may yet prove to be more arduous and daunting.”
“It also becomes imperative to take such security measures as would prevent people from neighboring states, who are non-residents of the state from coming in to partake in the March 23rd rerun elections to forestall unnecessary tension or violence.”
