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Again, court orders arrest of Kano APC Chair, Abdullahi Abbas

By Baba Aminu

A Federal High Court sitting in Kano State has granted an order for leave to immediately investigate, arrest and prosecute the Kano State APC chairman Abdullahi Abbas over threat to life, distraction of peace and hate speeches.

Mr. Mahmoud Lamido, a citizen of Kano has approached the court through his counsel Barr. Bashir Yusuf Muhammad Tudunwazirchi seeking for the immediate arrest of the APC chairman Abdullahi Abbas for issuing a threat to his life via phone call  insinuating that he would kill him (sai na batar da kai).

Justice S.A. Amobeda granted the order and adjourned to 16th of February to monitor compliance.

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Meanwhile the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has welcome the development as a milestone achievement to democracy due to the fact that the suspect is a person has been a subject to public discuss on his utterances that are capable of destroying the relative peace of Kano.

A statement issued by Mr. Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, the Chief Spokesperson of the NNPP Campaign Council in Kano revealed that this was the second time in a row, similar court order was granted by different judges compelling the Commissioner of Police to arrest and prosecute Abdullahi Abbas on cases related to violence, intimidation and threat to life.

“We hope this will serve as a lesson to any politician who chooses the way of violence than promoting peace in Kano and Nigeria” Sanusi Bature

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