Chief Cyprian Okafor Anah, SAN Passes On | Nairalaw

The Author Of “Evidence Law In Action”, Chief Cyprian Okafor
Anah, SAN, has passed on.

The death and triumphant exit of the scholar occurred on the
evening of Sunday, the 24th March, 2019 after a brief illness.

He was born on the 30th September, 1935. He hailed from Umuhu
Village, Adazi-Ani in Anambra state of Nigeria.

He was a one time Chairman of Onitsha branch of the Nigerian Bar
Association.

He was an active Bar man and has written so many books.

He is survived by his wife Lady Pat Anah, daughters, Adaeze Anah
Esq, Ngozi Anah Esq, Obinna Anah Esq., Chidima Anah and his Nephew,
Ogbachalu Abuchi Goshen Esq.

Recall that sometime last year, Chief C.O Anah, SAN, lost his
brother who was also a Senior Advocate Of Nigeria, Senator
Nathaniel N. Anah (SAN) Ozoigbondu.

Kano PDP Guber Candidate Goes to Election
Tribunal
In the political history of Kano, we have undergone the most
horrific elections ever where the ruling APC and Kano State
Government deployed all mechanisms to orchestrate violence against
the citizens. Indeed, the good people of Kano state have witnessed
a broad daylight robbery of their mandate by the enemies of
democracy.

It is with tremendous zeal and courage that we joined the 2019
Kano gubernatorial contest, believing in the impartiality of the
umpire – the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and
the security agencies, being on a mission to restore the lost glory
of our dear state from the hand of political predators who destroy
every meaningful programme and policies set by the previous
administration of Dr. Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso.

The deliberate disruption of results collation process in
Nasarawa Local Government, which led to the cancellation of Gama
Ward, alongside numerous other Polling Units across the 28 Local
Government Areas and the appalling conduct of the players in the
sham called inconclusive Election, has raised huge doubts about the
professionalism of the security agencies and the effectiveness,
credibility and fairness of INEC as an organization as well as
professionalism and neutrality of the security agencies.

We have written to INEC at the beginning of the exercise calling
for the cancellation of the ongoing rerun election, but the
electoral body decided to shelve our request and continue to the
process in the rascal way. It was reliably gathered that most INEC
representatives were compromised by the Kano State Government

The declaration of a winner on the basis of the charade of 23rd
March 2019 is most unfortunate to say the least. A process scarred
by reports of massive violence, intimidation and financial
inducement was sanctioned INEC officials and accepted by security
agencies as peaceful, particularly DIG Antony Michael who was
brought to Kano to usurp the role of the State Police Command,
allowing thuggery to reign while publicly certifying such horrible
abuse of voters.

It is indeed saddening that the Commission abandoned the basic
tenets of fairness and allowed a process characterized by
large-scale fraud such as thuggery, vote buying and voter
disenfranchisement sponsored by the ruling APC to be admitted into
the records of electioneering with a sole aim of favouring the
incumbent Governor.

Several independent organizations, International and Domestic
observers, the local and international media have reported massive
violence, intimidation, harassment, flagrant violation and abuse of
electoral laws, in most of the polling stations PDP agents were
frightened away and denied access to their assigned polling units.
Yet, the INEC and its cronies turned blind eye to all the
happenings and deemed this charade as worthy of being accepted.

It is clear that the will of Kano people has been subverted,
with the security agencies as willing accomplices and the INEC
representatives as enablers. The 23rd of March 2019 blew a wind of
sorrow for families that lost loved ones and those that sustained
various degrees of injuries. At this juncture, we want to sincerely
express our heartfelt sympathies to all those who suffered
injustice in one way or the other during the rerun elections.

The PDP in Kano is proud to be distinctly civil and uniquely
peace-loving. We condemn this fraud in its entirety. We have
decided to take legal action through the Election Petition Tribunal
with overwhelming evidences that has been gathered, and Insha Allah
soonest the mandate of the good people of Kano state shall be
reclaimed.

However, we urge the good people of Kano state and particularly
our teaming supporters to be patient and remain calm. Kano state is
our only home. We have no other place better than this noble state
and no blood of any citizen is worth shedding.

Signed
Sanusi Bature Dawakin-Tofa
Spokesperson to Engr. Abba Kabir Yusuf
The PDP Gubernatorial Candidate, Kano State 2019