Kano Govt imposes 24-hour curfew after tribunal verdict 

Following the Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal’s decision to dismiss the state governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, the Kano State Government imposed a 24-hour curfew.

A combined team of security personnel has been sent across the city, according to a broadcast by the commissioner of police, Muhammad Usaini Gumel, to enforce the curfew.

Celebrations among APC supporters followed after the tribunal announced that Nasiru Gawuna, the party’s candidate, had won the March 18 election.

The tribunal verdict invalidated Yusuf’s election, who ran on the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) platform and was declared the victor by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

After hearing the petitions, the three-person judicial panel ordered that the certificate of return that INEC had given to Yusuf be withdrawn and that one be given to Gawuna instead.

Ibrahim Ibrahim

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