There is tension and anxiety in Kano, Zamfara, and Plateau states as the Supreme Court set to rule on the governorship election petitions today.
Already in Kano state, supporters of the opposition party, All Progressive Congress (APC), are now preparing for celebration believing that the ruling may go in their favour.
The Residential house of the APC governorship candidate, Nasir Yusuf Gawuna and the state secretariat of the Party are now besieged with hundreds of party supporters and faithful waiting for the judgment.
While the APC were in a festive mood, the incumbent governor of the state, of the New Nigerian People’s Party, NNPP had this morning told his supporters to remain calm and wait for the outcome of the judgment.
Earlier, the former governor of the state, Alhaji Ibrahim Shekarau had appealed to both parties to take the judgment of the Supreme Court as an act of God in the interest of peace in the state.
Shekarau made the call against the backdrop of rising tension in the state over the impending supreme judgement.
Similarly, there seems to be tension in Plateau and Zamfara states on the same fate. The plateau situation looks more serious due to the prevailing security challenges in the state.
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At the time of writing this report, the state capital was as silent as a graveyard with a detachment of police and military forces seen on every corner to forestall the judgment – which was already snowballing into full crisis as the state is presently facing dare security challenges.
There is fear and palpitations among politicians in the state on the possible outcome of the Supreme Court Judgment in the state.
In Zamfara, Governor Dauda Lawal has called on the people of the state and supporters of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to remain calm in the face of unwarranted provocation from the opposition party in the state.
The governor was responding to open confrontations at his supporters from the All Progressive Party (APC) members yesterday night in Gusau, the capital of the state.
Some supporters of the PDP were attacked at their residence at about 8..pm by hoodlums suspected to be loyalists of the opposition party in the State while praying for the victory of the governor at today’s court judgments.
