Fresh protest rocks Kano over ACourt judgment
In what appeared like a coordinated action on Monday, in Kano a huge crowd of protesters stormed strategic positions in the city, a situation that resulted in temporary hiccups in commercial activities.
The protests were held in spite of warnings by the police earlier in the day that protests were not allowed.
The Kano-Zaria Road, Maiduguri Road by the Muhammadu Buhari’s Interchange, and Kantin Kwari (Kano textile market) were taken over by hundreds of youths who called for justice for Governor Yusuf.
Fresh protests erupted in Kano city and its environs on Monday afternoon with the demonstrators denouncing the recent judgment of the Court Appeal that sacked Governor Abba Yusuf of the New Nigeria People’s Party.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that uneasy calm pervaded the state capital following a reported contradiction in the Certified True Copy of the Appeal Court judgment.
Following the reported discrepancies, the city witnessed violent protests on Wednesday, during which the police arrested seven.
There had also been threats by political parties to troop to the streets in protest, which the police strongly warned against.
The protesters carried placards, some of which had inscriptions such as “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;” among others.
The protest came on the heels of the discovery by the police that “some faceless group is bent on unleashing violence in Kano,” stressing that the police were on top of the situation.
