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Unidentified number of people in their houndred has staged a protest on the streets of Kano over the sacking of Governor Abba Yusuf by the Appeal Court.
Two weeks ago, the appeal court panel upheld the verdict of the tribunal led by Justice Oluyemi Akintan Osadebay which sacked Yusuf on September 20, 2023.
The lower court had declared 165,663 votes of Yusuf, who contested under the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP), as invalid on the grounds that they were not signed or stamped by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The governor’s votes were then reduced to 853,939 while those of Nasir Ganuwa, his All Progressives Congress (APC) rival, remained at 890,705.
Yusuf had rejected the tribunal verdict, which he described as “unfair” and “a miscarriage of justice”, and headed to the appeal court, which also ruled in favour of his opponent.
After the appeal court judgment, there was tension in Kano as different groups fixed protests but security operatives prevented some of them from going ahead with the demonstrations to prevent break down of law and order.
However, on Monday, there were protests in different parts of the state before police dispersed them.
Two days after, the protesters returned to the streets, chanting in Hausa, “We will not accept it”; “We will not allow it”; “Kano belongs to Abba”; “Our mandate must be restored”; “Injustice exposed in CTC”; among others.
Meanwhile, the Kano state police command has confirmed that one of its officers has shoot at Kurna quarters in Fagge Local government area of the state killing one person and injuring one other.
The command in a statement by its Public Relations Officer SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa said the state commissioner of police has ordered immediate arrest of the officer and constitute investigative committee on the matter.
The statement read “the Police Command is following up on the unfortunate development that occurred in Kurna Quarters, Fagge LGA Kano State on 28th November, 2023 where groups of rival restive youths engaged in fighting and a Police Inspector who did not receive any command from the existing chain of Command fired a shot and unfortunately wounded two persons while one other person died while receiving treatment at the hospital.
