Kano city witnessed protests on Monday afternoon, with demonstrators expressing discontent over the recent Court of Appeal judgment that removed Governor Abba Yusuf.
Despite clarification from the judiciary regarding the contradictory Certified True Copy of the Appeal Court decision, unrest lingered in the state capital.
Coordinated protests unfolded as a large crowd took to strategic locations, briefly disrupting commercial activities.
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 demonstrators, holding placards, demanded justice for Abba Yusuf and highlighted concerns about the alleged theft of Abba’s mandate in 2019.
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 police, aware of potential violence, assured that they were addressing the situation.
Cp Hussaini Gumel told newsmen in Kano on Monday that already 7 suspects had been arrested and would be arraigned soon.
Gumel revealed that “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 returned to the ancient city after the peaceful protest concluded.
NAN
