Protests erupted in Kano city and its environs on Monday afternoon with the demonstrators denouncing the recent judgment of the Court Appeal that sacked the state Governor, Abba Yusuf.<\/p>\n
According to a news report, the 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.<\/p>\n
In what appeared like a coordinated action on Monday, huge crowd of protesters stormed strategic positions in the city as it visited temporary hiccups on commercial activities.<\/p>\n
Kano- Zaria road, Maiduguri road by Muhammadu Buhari\u2019s interchange, and Kantin Kwari (Kano textile market) were taken over by hundreds of youths who called for justice for Abba Yusuf.<\/p>\n
The placard reads \u201cKano my city my state\u201d, \u201cJustice for Kano\u201d, \u201d Justice for Abba\u201d,\u00a0 \u201cAbba\u2019s mandate was stolen in 2019, we will not allow it happen in 2023\u201d.<\/p>\n
The protest came on the heels of discovery by the Police that \u201csome faceless group are bent on unleashing violence in Kano\u201d, stressing that the police were on top of the situation.<\/p>\n
CP Hussaini Gumel told newsmen in Kano on Monday that already 7 suspects had been arrested and would be arraigned soon.<\/p>\n
CP Gumel revealed that \u201cwe 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\u201d.<\/p>\n
Protests erupted in Kano city and its environs on Monday afternoon with the demonstrators denouncing the recent judgment of the Court Appeal that sacked the state Governor, Abba Yusuf. According…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":109374,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-109373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"\n