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Supplementary polls: Gov. Ganduje attacks Kano police CP
 
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Fri, 22 Mar 2019   ||   Nigeria,
 

Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano state has at the eve of of the supplementary poll in the state accused the Commissioner of Police, Muhammed Wakili for being politically partial.

Governor Ganduje slammed the Commissioner in an interview with BBC Hausa Service on Thursday.

He said, “I didn’t know him (Wakil) before now but the way he does his job is questionable. He has taken and favoured a particular political side, which is uncalled for and translates to mishandling his job.”

Ganduje added that the Commissioner has no constitutional right to arrest either the governor or his deputy as he did.

According to him, such an act is, “an indication of lack of professionalism from the side of the Commissioner”

Recall that on March 11, the Nigeria Police in Kano arrested the Deputy Governor, Nasiru Gawuna and the State Commissioner for Local Government, Alhaji Sule Garo over alleged threat to public peace, which the force denied.

The Police later clarified that the deputy governor was saved from being manhandled by supporters of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party candidate, at the collation Centre.

The deputy governor enjoys immunity from arrest, according to the Nigerian constitution.

 

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