APC-led FG Breeding New Terrorists in Kano? Security Agencies Told to Arrest Kwankwaso

• The APC in Kano has urged the security agencies in Nigeria to immediately arrest the former governor of Kano state, Rabiu Kwankwaso
• Alhaji Abdullahi Abbas, the chairman of Kano APC, made the call while reacting to the allegation by Kwankwaso that President Bola Tinubu's administration was aiding a new breed of terrorism in the state
• Kwankwaso's had made the allegation in reaction to the heavy security presence at the Nasarawa mini palace occupied by deposed Emir Aminu Ado Bayero

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The Kano state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on Nigerian security agencies to immediately arrest Rabiu Kwankwaso, the former presidential candidate of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP), in the 2023 presidential election.

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Kwankwaso was said to have accused the APC-led federal government of breeding new terrorist insurgents in Kano.

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According to Vanguard, the APC chairman in Kano, Alhaji Abdullahi Abbas, called on the security agents in a statement on Tuesday, June 18.

Abbas said security agencies must not let the ex-governor's allegations go uninvestigated.

Abbas' statement reads in part:

“Nigeria Security owes an urgent responsibility of not only arresting Dr Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, who is behind the allegations, but they must make him mention those who are sponsoring the insecurity in the State.”

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The NNPP presidential candidate had on Monday, June 17, levelled several allegations against the President Bola Tinubu-led administration.

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Speaking at the flag-off ceremony for the 85-kilometer rural road construction in his hometown, Madobi, Kwankwaso accused the federal government of aiding a new breed of terrorists in Kano.

Buttressing his point, he faulted the deployment of heavy security at the Nasarawa mini-palace where the deposed Emir Aminu Ado Bayero had been staying.

But reacting to the allegation, the APC chairman in Kano asked the security agencies to detain Kwankwaso.

Abbas said the statement is condemnable as it indicates a sinister plan from Kwankwaso's side

Kano: Governor Yusuf sends message to Tinubu

Legit.ng earlier reported that Kano governor Abba Kabir Yusuf sent Tinubu a warm Eid-il-Kabir greeting.

Governor Yusuf's message to the president came amid royal tensions between the reinstated Muhammadu Sanusi II and Aminu Ado Bayero.

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