Tribunal Judgement: Police impose curfew in Kano

The Kano Police Command has introduced a 24-hour curfew throughout the state following the judgement of the Election Petition Tribunal that sacked the state governor, Abba Yusuf.

The police commissioner of the state, Muhammed Gumel, referred to as on the residents of the state to assist the safety brokers and be law-abiding.

The commissioner warned that violators can be arrested and made to face the wrath of the regulation.

“The curfew is a constitutional mandate of the Nigeria Police pressure alongside the related Inside safety and regulation enforcement businesses to protect regulation and order within the state.

“Going ahead, Kano State residents are referred to as upon to notice that mixed safety forces have already been dispatched to the nooks and crannies together with the entry and exits of the state to make sure enforcement and strict compliance of the 24-hour curfew order as communicated by the State Authorities through letter with Reference No: Ok/SEC/H/435/T.1/153 dated twentieth September, 2023.

“The curfew takes impact from 6 pm on Wednesday, twentieth September (to) 6 pm on Thursday, twenty first September 2023.

‘Violators will likely be arrested and made to face the total wrath of the regulation.

“Lastly, I want to recognize all of the peace-loving folks of the state and urge them to stay regulation abiding because it’s in the most effective curiosity of all that we come collectively to keep up regulation and order within the state,” the police commissioner stated.

Background

PREMIUM TIMES reported how the tribunal sacked Governor Yusuf, and declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nasiru Gawuna, the winner of the 18 March election.

The APC candidate was adjudged the winner of the election after the tribunal deducted 165,663 votes from Mr Yusuf’s votes.

The decide dominated that the ballots the place not licensed by INEC.

The tribunal is the courtroom of first occasion and events within the case can enchantment judgements as much as the Supreme Courtroom.

Following the tribunal’s judgement, pockets of violence had been reported in some areas of Kano metropolis the place some thugs attacked residents and stole their belongings.