Babatunji Wusu –
Kano State is experiencing turmoil as a result of the Court of Appeal’s decision to remove Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf from office on Friday.
The Kano governor, Kabir Yusuf, was removed from office by the Abuja-based Court of Appeal. The panel upheld the September 20, 2023, tribunal’s decision, which resulted in Yusuf’s dismissal, chaired by Justice Oluyemi Akintan Osadebay.
Remember that on March 18, 2023, the Independent National Electronic Electoral Commission (INEC) pronounced Yusuf of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) the victor with 1,019,602 votes, more than Nasiru Gawuna’s 890,705 votes.
But the All Progressives Congress (APC), accusing one another of electoral misconduct, brought the case to the Tribunal. After that, the APC’s petition was answered, and this development has caused unrest throughout the state.
Today, guardians and parents were hurrying to pick up their wards from school.
According to a head teacher at a private school in Kano’s Normandsland neighborhood of Fagge Local Government, parents were concerned that a crisis could arise as a result of Governor Yusuf’s dismissal by the Appeal Court.
Daily Trust claims that since the Appeal Court declared on Thursday (yesterday) that it would provide a decision on the highly awaited governorship election dispute, there has been a noticeable increase in concern among the people living in the state.
It was learned that people had been buying in a panic since yesterday because they thought there would be a curfew. It has also been stated that some people have forced themselves to sit at home and observe what is going on around them.
We hope everything goes smoothly and without any problems, but I myself won’t even go to the market because you never know what can happen.
“I wonder why everyone will be thinking about this as they go to sleep now. You’ll see that all of the surrounding bustling streets will be comparatively deserted by tomorrow. Because of what transpired after the Tribunal’s decision, everyone will stay at home, according to Yunusa Abdullah, a businessman at Kwari Market, who spoke with Daily Trust.
“Let them do what they want to do but they should know that God is watching and they have created unnecessary tension among the teeming populace,” said Usman Bello, another businessman, who was speaking.
“You see, they will definitely cheat us because we won’t be able to go out and get our daily bread, so we won’t be going to the market tomorrow.”
