Again, protest rocks Kano over judgement sacking governor

Protest erupted in Kano on Monday afternoon with the demonstrators denouncing the recent judgement of the Court Appeal that sacked the state governor, Abba Yusuf.

Uneasy calm pervaded the state capital following a contradictory Certified True Copy of the Appeal Court that affirmed the prayers of both the appellant and the respondent in the contentious Kano governorship, though the judiciary had since cleared the air.

In what appeared like a coordinated action on Monday, huge crowd of protesters stormed strategic positions in Kano as commercial activities were brought to a halt.

Kano-Zaria road, Maiduguri road by Muhammadu Buhari’s interchange, and Kantin Kwari (Kano textile market) were taken over by hundreds of youths who called for justice for Governor Yusuf.

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Some of the placards displayed by the protesters read: “Kano my city my state”, “Justice for Kano”, “Justice for Abba”,  “Abba’s mandate was stolen in 2019, we will not allow it happen in 2023”.

The protest is coming on the heels of discovery by the Kano State Police Command that “some faceless group are bent on unleashing violence in Kano”, stressing that the police were on top of the situation.

The Kano State Commissioner of Police, Hussaini Gumel, told journalists in Kano on Monday that seven suspects had been arrested and would be arraigned soon.

“We have the understanding with the leadership of the contending political parties, and they have signed a peace pact, in view of that therefore, any one found outside this arrangement will be treated as common criminal,” Gumel added.

However, normalcy had since returned to the ancient city following the peaceful protest that lasted several hours.

The Star