The youths, the majority of whom were commercial motorcyclists joined by some teenagers stormed the streets to express concern over growing tension in Kano ahead of the Supreme Court judgment on the legal battle challenging Governor Abba Yusuf’s election.
The PUNCH reports that the Supreme Court has fixed Thursday for hearing on the disputed election.
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja upheld the sack of Yusuf of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, declaring Nasiru Gawuna of the All Progressives Congress the duly elected governor.
Earlier, the judgment of the State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal had declared Gawuna the winner of the state governorship election held on March 18.
The Northern youths residing in Sagamu called for caution in handling the governorship crisis to avoid bloodshed.
The youths bearing placards with different inscriptions said, if violence broke out in Kano as a result of the disputed poll, it would spread to the South.
Some of the inscriptions on their placards read, ‘Avoid bloodshed! Ensure justice for Kano’; ‘Safe today but tomorrow’, ‘We are behind our mandate’, and ‘We are safe in the South but injustice in Kano may spread violence,’ among others.
Speaking to newsmen, one of the protesters, Nasir Sarkin, an indigene of Kano, said, “Most of us here are northerners from various states, but we are concerned about happenings in Kano State.
“The people of Kano State voted for Governor Abba Yusuf and some people are there plotting against the mandate. We are here to protest and demand for justice in Kano and justice for Governor Abba Yusuf.”
He called on President Bola Tinubu to intervene in order to avoid mayhem in Kano.
Another protester, Tijani Jubril, called on the judiciary to validate Yusuf’s mandate as declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission in the March 18 election.
