BREAKING: A new protest over an appeal court ruling has broken out in Kano.

Kano residents are now staging protests in response to the Appeal Court’s dismissal of Governor Abba Yusuf.

The panel of the appeals court affirmed the September 20, 2023, dismissal of Yusuf by the tribunal presided over by Justice Oluyemi Akintan Osadebay two weeks ago.

Because Yusuf’s 165,663 votes were not signed or stamped by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the lower court ruled that his votes, which he had submitted as a candidate for the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP), were illegal.

Subsequently, the governor’s votes dropped to 853,939, while Nasir Ganuwa, his All Progressives Congress (APC) opponent, maintained 890,705 votes.

After dismissing the tribunal’s decision as “unfair” and “a miscarriage of justice,” Yusuf went to the appeals court, which likewise decided in favor of his opponent.

Following the ruling by the appeals court, tensions arose in Kano as several organizations organized rallies, but security personnel stopped some of them from carrying out the demonstrations in order to maintain peace and order.

On Monday, however, protests were held around the state until they were broken up by authorities.

After two days, the demonstrators went back to the streets and chanted in Hausa, among other things: “We will not accept it.” “We will not allow it,” “Kano belongs to Abba,” “Our mandate must be restored,” and “Injustice exposed in CTC”

Security operatives tried to disperse them, but the protesters stood their ground as they kept grouping and regrouping.

The police have warned Kano residents to shun any plan for a public procession or protest, especially with regards to the Appeal Court judgement.