Kano state Government has debunked allegations of death and violence by a Coalition of Political Parties in the state during the last Saturday’s supplementary election, held on March 23.
Ganduje had emerged winner of the supplementary election and got re-elected for second term.
Speaking to journalists in his office on Tuesday, the state Commissioner of Information, Youth and Culture, Malam Muhammad Garba challenged any one with the data of those said to have been killed during the election to come forward with such information, describing the Coalition of Political Parties as Kwankwasiya members masquerading as CUPP.
“Even the so called Conference of political parties were all members of the Kwankwasiyya PDP. The day they gathered, we all saw that they wore red caps and red cap as we know is the symbol of Kwankwassiyya PDP.”
Garba, who expressed disgust, at what he described as concoction of lies and falsehood being spread on the social media by enemies of the state who post gory pictures of Jos crisis and violence in parts of Ghana, presenting such as scenes of the Kano supplementary election.
He regretted that, “the increasing negative side of the social media is gradually outweighing its usefulness,” while urging the public to disregard such negative images being posted on social media platforms, as Kano has remained peaceful and will continue to be peaceful.
He added that, ” as many of you are aware, the supplementary election was very peaceful, despite two incidents at polling units in Dallas and Nassarawa Local Government Areas, which were immediately resolved by security agents.”
Garba,Accused the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and the Kwankwassiyya Movement of spreading falsehood in their bid to discredit the rerun election which he described as peaceful and credible.
According to him, “the PDP claimed two people were killed in Nassarawa, we went to Nassarawa and asked questions, and there was no trace of such incident.”
Garba also noted that contrary to rumours that there was protest in Kano after the announcement of the results, “what we witnessed in Kano was jubilations as thousands of people trooped to Government House to identify with Governor Ganduje over his well deserved victory.
He further stated that, “Kano is peaceful, shops are open, the markets are open. People are going about their business without molestation. We have asked our supporters to remain calm and peaceful. By God’s grace, this government will continue to ensure peace, no matter how hard they try to provoke our supporters and party members.”
