Tell Sen Kwankwaso to caution his supporters, K/Assembly tells IG

The Kano State House of Assembly has called on the Inspector General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris to advise the former governor of the state, Dr. Rabiu Kwankwaso to caution his supporters against acts capable of plunging the state into crisis.

The House made the call following a motion of urgent public importance presented before the assembly by the member APC, representing Sumaila constituency, Alhaji Hamza Massu.

Massu, who is also the Chairman of the House committee on Security, said the call was necessary due to the series of complaints by some residents of the state on the activities of the Kwankwassiyya group.

He recalled that the clash between the Kwankwassiyya group and supporters of Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje during the Sallah had left many people injured.

“If the group is allowed to continue with such attitude, what happened during sallah will keep on occurring even beyond expectation”, the lawmaker said.

Following deliberations by the legislatures, the Assembly unanimously agreed to call on the Inspector General of Police to advise the senator to caution the group to stop activities that are capable of throwing the state into crisis.

The House also called on the IG to investigate the issue with a view to bringing the culprits to book.

The plenary session presided over by the Speaker, Alhaji Abdullahi Ata commended the state Police Commissioner, Mr Rabi’u Yusuf for his prompt intervention during the clash.

Recall that the House of Representatives had on Tuesday directed its public petitions committee to investigate allegations of partisanship against the Kano Police Commissioner in the political fight between supporters of Governor Ganduje and Kwankwaso.

The investigation followed a petition by Danyaya Chambers, on behalf of Kwankwasiyya Movement, laid yesterday on the floor of the House by one of the staunch loyalists of Kwankwaso, Rep. Aliyu Sani Madaki (APC, Kano).