Postpone Your Kano Rally, Police Tell Senator Kwankwaso

Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso

Ahead of the scheduled local government elections in Kano state, the Kano state police command has urged Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, to postpone his scheduled visit to the state for a political rally.

The warning was handed down by Rabiu Yusuf, commissioner of police in the state, who warned that failure to comply, might attract “stiffer implication”.

Addressing journalists at the police headquarters in Bompai, Kano, Yusuf said intelligence reports at his disposal indicates there are plans by certain miscreants to hijack the planned political rally by the Kwankwaso group.

On the strength of the information, the police boss advised Kwankwaso to consider postponing his trip until things become much calmer.

Recall, last week, there were reports that Kwankwaso had postponed the rally because of ill health, a claim since rejected by the former governor.

“It has come to our knowledge that out of desperation, some groups or individuals who are cronies of the Ganduje administration are sponsoring falsehood about Sen. Kwankwaso’s scheduled visit to his constituency on the 30th of January, read a statement which Binta Rabiu, his spokesman, issued on his behalf.

“We wish to make it categorically clear that Sen. Kwankwaso is not sick, in fact, he has never been healthier; the scheduled visit has not been cancelled. Therefore, our teeming supporters should disregard this report which is a total falsehood,” the statement noted.

“The report is clearly the work of mischief makers who are desperately trying to prevent the visit of the Kwankwaso who is been cherished by his teeming supporters.”

Kwankwaso and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) under the leadership of Abdullahi Ganduje, governor of the state, are set to hold parallel political rallies on January 30 as part of preparations for the February 10 local government election in the state and the 2019 general election.