“It is either you vote for APC or we deal with you mercilessly,” he said.
By Ife Osemedua
365Daily – The Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Hon. Alhassan Ado Doguwa, has threatened to deal mercilessly with electorates that do not vote for his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC).
In a viral video which has been shared several times on social media platforms, Doguwa (from Kano State), who spoke in Hausa language, repeated his threat to a group of people who looked like his supporters.
“It is either you vote for APC or we deal with you mercilessly,” he said.
According to a report by the Peoples Gazette, the Kano APC chairman, Abdullahi Abbas, had earlier threatened that the APC will win the forthcoming elections by hook or crook.
“People are saying that I should stop saying the APC will capture Kano by hook or crook. I want to tell this gathering that the APC will capture Kano by hook or crook,” Mr Abbas was quoted as saying.
Kano is a much contended state for various parties in Nigeria with the highest number of registered voters.
According to the voter register released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in October 2022, Lagos, Kano, Kaduna and Rivers States have the highest voters.
Lagos has 7,075,192 registered voters, followed by Kano with 5,927,565 registered voters, and Kaduna with 4,345,469 registered voters, then Rivers at 3,532,990.