On Saturday, October 26, Governor Abba Yusuf of Kano State joined other electorates in the state to exercise his civic rights in the local government elections in the state.
After casting his vote, the governor took his time to address the press and voter present at the polling unit.
He commended the peaceful conduct of the elections which held across the forty-four local government areas in the state.
Governor Yusuf appreciated the support of other states’ electoral commission chairmen who monitored the elections.
According to Yusuf, the elections which took place in 484 wards across the 44 local governments, were the freest in Kano’s history.
The People’s Interest
He assured that those elected would serve the people’s interests and his administration would ensure good governance.
He said: “When it comes to election, there shouldn’t be any impunity and we should ensure that people are allowed to vote their mandate.
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“I am appealing to the judiciary to continue being neutral when it comes to Elections. It is not so good for our judiciary to be partisan even though the Kano state government is the only Government which came into office under the platform of NNPP, we shouldn’t be intimidated, people of Kano are peace loving people but if they are pushed to the wall they can react.
Message To Opposition
“We’ve seen what happened in Rivers, so we took proactive measures in ensuring that similar scenario does not happen in Kano.”
Governor Yusuf further urged the opposition to accept defeat, citing his party’s strong voter support.
He added: “I want to appeal to the opposition to always accept defeat as we have upper hand in terms of voters’ support.”
