Kano, Nov. 27, 2023 – Protests erupted in Kano city and its environs on Monday afternoon as some some demonstrators took to the streets to denounce the recent judgment of the Court Appeal that sacked the state Governor, Abba Yusuf.
Uneasy calm pervaded the state capital following a contradictory Certified True Copy of 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 had stormed strategic positions which caused temporary shut down of commercial activities.
The 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 Abba Yusuf.
The placard reads “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 came on the heels of discovery by the Police that “some faceless groups are bent on unleashing violence in Kano.”
The police, however, said they were on top of the situation.
The State Commissioner of Police, Hussaini Gumel, told newsmen in Kano on Monday that already 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”.
However, normalcy has returned to the ancient city after the peaceful protest that lasted several hours.
