Sokoto’s Attempt To Muzzle ADC

In Sokoto, the seat of the caliphate, two incidents occurred in less than five days, both of which are too coincidental to be dismissed. One was the attack on the convoy of the opposition African Democratic Congress (ADC) Governorship candidate, Manir Muhammad Dan’iya, and the other was the state government’s sealing of the party’s office.
The pattern of these twin actions and the state government’s silence, especially regarding the attack on the convoy of the ADC governorship candidate, widely viewed as complicity, points to one thing: an attempt to muzzle opposition. And that will crumble like a pack of cards.
When the ADC governorship candidate’s convoy was attacked, fingers were p...