The Kano State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the opposition New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) of making moves to rig the forthcoming gubernatorial and State Assembly elections in the state.

The Kano APC alleged that the NNPP has also concluded plans to incite violence that could lead to the declaration of the March 11 polls as inconclusive.

The Kano State commissioner for Information and Internal affairs, Muhammad Garba, who said this via a statement issued on Monday, said the APC was compelled to bring the alleged plans to the attention of the general public “because this could disrupt the governorship and House of Assembly elections to its favour.”

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Garba stated that the state government has received credible information on how thugs will be hired from villages in Kano and other areas to disrupt the electoral process through violence, massive rigging, box snatching, and arson.

He said the opposition party, in 2019, managed “a well-organised election rigging network, particularly in the metropolitan local governments, where youths, mostly without voter cards, were engaged to perpetrate the act.”

“This time around, the NNPP was planning to bring chaos through the use of thugs to cause mayhem with a view to dispersing voters at polling units in order to have the opportunity to rig the elections and subvert the will of the people,” the commissioner added.

While assuring that the Kano State government would ensure that peace prevail in the state, Garba called on security agencies to fish out and arrest any individual or group bent on fomenting trouble to deny people exercise their franchise.

The Star