The women, most of whom wore red veils, demanded to see the Kano State Commissioner of Police, Usaini Gumel
By Kehinde Okeowo
Women, on Sunday, flooded the streets of Kano metropolis to show solidarity with Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf, who was recently sacked by an Appeal Court.
The women, who carried placards and sang songs in support of the ousted governor staged a protest march to the Kano State Police Command to show their displeasure over the nullification of his election.
According to them, they were protesting the alleged injustice done to the people of Kano State by the appellate court, which upheld the verdict of the state governorship election tribunal.
The protesters, who began their march from the residence of former Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso at Miller Road, went peacefully straight to the Kano State Police Command Headquarters in Bompai to hand over their letter of protest.
They were later joined by teams of police officers and personnel of the Nigeria Correctional Service, who escorted them peacefully to their destination.
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The women, most of whom wore red veils, on getting to the Kano State Police Command Headquarters, demanded to see the Commissioner of Police, Usaini Gumel.
The placards had various inscriptions such as “Our mandate must be restored,” “Injustice exposed in CTC,” and “Kano voted for Abba,” among others.
One of the protesters, Zuwaira Abubakar, said: “The protest is not for Abba alone but for Kano State. The world has seen that Governor Abba was voted for during the March 18 polls. The state should not be taken away from him.”
The political climate in Kano State has been fraught with tension following the judgement of the appellate court, which affirmed an earlier verdict of the State Election Petitions Tribunal, which sacked Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of the NNPP from office and instead declared his closest challenger and APC candidate in the March 18 election, Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna, as the rightful winner of the election.