Alhassan Ado Doguwa, an All Progressives Congress (APC) lawmaker, has threatened to deal harshly with Nigerians who do not vote for the ruling party in 2023.
"Either you vote for APC or we deal with you mercilessly," Mr Doguwa said in a viral video seen on social media on Tuesday while campaigning.
The lawmaker, who is the majority leader in the House of Representatives, repeated the threat in the video as hordes of his supporters applauded.
Prime9jaOnline was unable to confirm when or where the video was shot.
Similarly, Abdullahi Abbas, the Kano APC chairman, had previously threatened that the APC would win the upcoming elections by hook or crook.
"That's what 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 said.
Kano ranks among states with the highest number of registered voters. According to the voter register released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in October, 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.