Prominent Islamic scholars in the North have frowned at the outcome of Kano State governorship election tribunal and urged the All Progressives Congress (APC) to thread softly.
The clerics described the judgment as a subversion of the will of the people, which was freely given to Governor Abba Kabir.
In a statement, Sheik Ahmed Musa advised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu not to give in to the antics of some top ranking members of the opposition.
“We are calling on President Tinubu not to yield to the antics of prominent members of the opposition who are trying to subvert the will of the people by snatching Kano which they clearly lost through the judiciary,” he said.
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According to the clerics, the people of Kano State resoundingly voted for the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) .
It added that “The reasonable thing to do is for members of the APC to wait for another four years to prepare and test their popularity rather than fomenting trouble.”
The clerics stated that having studied the judgment of the tribunal, they are convinced that an elaborate scheme has been put in motion to snatch the state from the NNPP.
Sheik Ahmed Guruntu lamented that the electorate who defied everything on election day to elect Abba were shortchanged by the pronouncement of the tribunal.
Sheikh Atiku Abubakar Isah said Governor Kabir defeated Nasir Gawuna and there is no reason, no need to go to the tribunal.
“We all know the importance of Kano to the socio-political and economic life of the North. This is so because the state remains the barometer upon which the average Northerner guage the prevailing tempo of the country.
\”We call on our politicians to order and not to set the North and by extension the country on fire,”