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Ahead of tomorrow’s
2011 gubernatorial election, the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and
the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) in Jigawa State, have entered into
what they described as a “local” political alliance against the state
governor.

Speaking to newsmen
in Kano over the weekend, the Jigawa State ANPP governorship candidate,
Ibrahim Hassan, said the decision was reached, following an exhaustive
discussion between the two parties on how to defeat the ruling party
PDP in the state.

Mr Hassan revealed
that talks between the governorship candidates have been on for about
two weeks, pointing out that discussion with the Congress for
Progressive Change (CPC) is equally on, saying that an agreement would
be reached before the election on Tuesday.

A strong team

“Legally speaking,
based on the Electoral Act, most of the windows of alliances and
mergers have been closed as you are aware now it is not possible to
even substitute a candidate but what we have is a sort of political
understanding between us for the purpose of the election,” he said.

He said the
decision was taken after a thorough consideration of the outcome of the
previous elections, alleging that the ruling party, the People’s
Democratic Party (PDP) tilted the elections in its favour, despite the
assurance given by INEC that the conduct of the elections would be
credible.

He further lamented
that the PDP took advantage of the ignorance of the people, especially
those in rural communities through financial inducements, to win the
last National Assembly elections in the state, pointing out that such
intrigues by the ruling party would be tackled at the forthcoming polls.

He remained
confident that the inter-party political arrangement in the state, will
succeed, and would be extended to other opposition parties.