BREAKING: Fresh Protest In Kano Over Appeal Court Judgment
The Nigerian Judiciary is once again being put forward for all the wrong reasons as Protesters have defied Security agencies threats, returned to the streets of Kano over the sack of Governor Abba Yusuf by the Appeal Court.
Protesters were heard 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.
Efforts by security operatives to disperse them failed as the protesters stood their ground and kept grouping and regrouping.
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), invalid on the grounds that they were not signed or stamped by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The Governor’s votes were reduced to 853,939 while those of Nasir Ganuwa, his All Progressives Congress (APC) rival, remained at 890,705.
Yusuf 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.
The Police have warned Kano residents to shun any plan for public procession or protest, especially with regards to the Appeal Court judgement.
