Human rights activist Shehu Sani appeared unimpressed yesterday with the tribunal’s choice of words in its condemnation of the NNPP supporters.
Sani, writing on his X (formerly Twitter) handle @ShehuSani, underlined such words as “the gang of Red Cap wearers who like a violent and terrorist cult…”; “…disgruntled bandits parading as politicians is hereby condemned”; and “…threatened fire and brimstone by bitter losers,” which he did not find amusing.
He said: “In the Tribunal Judgement that was crafted to remove Osun Governor Adeleke, Buga dance was mentioned. In the tribunal judgment that was crafted to remove Kano’s Governor Abba Yusuf, this is the pattern.
Penultimate Friday, Yusuf had fired his Commissioner for Lands and Physical Planning, Adamu Kibiya, for allegedly threatening the lives of the panelists.
The sacked governor also dismissed the Special Adviser on Youth Development, Aliyu Yusuf-Imma, for disparaging Vice President Kashim Shettima on social media.
He distanced himself from the “unguarded utterances”, according to the Commissioner for Information and Internal Affairs, Baba Halilu-Dantiye.
In voiding Yusuf’s election, the tribunal declared the All Progressives Congress candidate, Nasir Gawuna, winner of the governorship poll.
It deducted about 165,000 votes from the 1,019,602 credited to Yusuf by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on the grounds that the ballots were neither stamped nor signed as required by law.
Yusuf and his party, New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) have signified their intention to proceed on appeal.
