Despite the warning by police authorities, residents of Kano State, yesterday, took to the streets of Kano city and environs denouncing the recent judgment of the Court of Appeal sacking Governor Abba Yusuf.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that uneasy calm pervaded the state capital following a contradictory Certified True Copy (CTC) of the appellate court that affirmed the prayers of both the appellant and the respondent in the contentious governorship contest.
In what appeared like a coordinated action, yesterday, crowd of protesters stormed strategic positions causing hiccups on commercial activities.
The Kano/Zaria road, Maiduguri road by Muhammadu Buhari Interchange, and Kantin Kwari (Kano textile market) were taken over by hundreds of youths, who called for justice for Governor Abba Yusuf of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP).
The protest came on the heels of warning by the police against any protest.
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