Guber Election: Kano
Guber Election: Kano Electorate Go Spiritual… Kill
Camel, Travel to Mecca
Video in Hausa on the Pilgrimage to Mecca: https://youtu.be/_g2I1Ivbws8[1]
Kano Prayer
Warriors
Barely a week to the date of the re-run of the governorship
election in some polling stations in Kano state, electorates have
thronged places of worship within and outside the country to seek
the intervention of the Almighty Allah.
Kano state was among the six states where gubernatorial
elections were declared inconclusive by the Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC).
The gubernatorial candidate of People’s Democratic Party (PDP),
Abba Kabir Yusuf had polled a total of 1,014,353 votes ahead of the
candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), Governor Abdullahi
Umar Ganduje who secured 953,522 votes in the governorship election
of the state. The total margin between both APC and PDP candidates
was 26,000 while total votes cancelled was 141,694.
The electoral umpire had since fixed March 23rd for
supplementary election.
But several members of the two major political parties APC and
PDP have gone spiritual by embarking on non-obligatory prayers and
fasting seeking Allah’s intervention and making animal sacrifices
at various local governments across the state.
PRNigeria observed that depending on the political divide,
supporters in their thousands have trooped to various praying
sites, some outside the mosques with selected Imams leading them in
special prayers against political manipulation and electoral frauds
in the state.
Some businessmen have also sponsored ‘prayer warriors’ on a
pilgrimage to the Holy lands in Saudia Arabia for God’s
intervention in the forthcoming re-run election.
In one of the videos obtained by PRNigeria, a business man in
Saudi Arabia, said that many pilgrims were expected for the special
prayers over Kano re-run election.
The Businessman said: “We have finalised all arrangements for
pilgrims coming to the Holy land In Saudi Arabia for payers for
peace in Kano in the next election. On arrival, they would move to
the Grand Mosque of Prophet Muhammad (SAW) in Madina for special
morning prayers, and thereafter proceed to the Grand Mosque in
Mecca for special evening prayers while the following day, they
would proceed to a special mosque on the way to Jeddah
International Airport.
“Meanwhile, we have made provisions for vehicles, accommodation
and feeding for all intending pilgrims for this special prayer
against political crises in our beloved city of Kano in the
forthcoming election…. As we have also purchased the sacrificial
rams to be slaughtered.”
Apart from prayers offered in various places, sacrificial
animals were also slaughtered in office premises, personal
residences and public places in Kano as part of efforts to seek the
face of Almighty God to favour their candidates.
PRNigeria gathered that some of the slaughtered animals for the
sacrifice included camels, cows, rams, goats among others.
Meanwhile, the state has also witnessed peaceful protests by
youths. In their thousands, they chanted “Allahu Akbar” (God is the
greatest) “Hasbunalahu Wani’imal Wakil” (Allah is sufficient for s)
as they marched through some major streets within Kano city.
One of the groups terminated their protest at the Kano Emir
Palace, where they performed ‘Al Qunut’ (special prayer) of two
Rakat prayers at the palace pavilion. Similar protests were
recorded across the state.
By PRNigeria
References
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https://youtu.be/_g2I1Ivbws8
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