For refusing to mobilise their subjects for this weekend’s supplementary gubernatorial elections in Sokoto and Kano states, the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has alleged that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has hatched plan to dethrone the Sultan of Sokoto and Emir of Kano, if the party triumphs in the election.
Part of the plan, according to the coalition, was to instigate the state Houses of Assembly to step up a panel to indict them of corruption and force them out of office using presidential support.
CUPP stated that the grouse of APC against the monarchs was their refusal to galvanise support for the party’s candidates in Sokoto and Kano states.
“Leaders of APC are accusing the monarchs of allegedly taking side with the Peoples Democratic Party and hence they have hatched a plot that if the traditional rulers do not help them to win the people’s support and they succeed to manipulate the election, that they will dethrone the respected traditional rulers from the thrones of their forefathers,” the group stated.
CUPP warned that any attempt to desecrate the two ancient traditional institutions would be an invitation to anarchy.
“We are warning the APC leaders to back out of this … for the good and stability of the entire country.
“The move to militarise Sokoto and write figures from selected polling units has been perfected like they did in Rivers State and we must stand up against that.
“We call on the people of Kano and Sokoto states to not just vote, but vote and defend their votes for their future and the preservation of the stools of their forefathers,” the opposition coalition added.
