BREAKING: Kwankwassiya members defy police order, stage protest in Kano (+PHOTOS)

Kano protest

BREAKING: Kwankwassiya members defy police order, stage protest in Kano (+PHOTOS)

Hundreds of members of the Kwankwassiya movement on Monday disregarded the orders of the police by staging a protest.

The protesters led by the Senior Special Assistant to the Kano State Governor on Youth Marshal, Babangida Said, converged on the streets and headed to the Government House.

The Kano State Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Gumel, had issued a statement banning any type of protest by all the political parties in the state.

But members of the ruling party in the state violated the order and trooped out to protest against the ongoing case in the tribunal.

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Below is the full statement:

EMERGENCY PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT FROM KANO STATE POLICE COMMAND!! BANNING OF STREET PROTESTS ACROSS KANO STATE

In consideration of the confirmatory intelligence products at the disposal of this Police Command, all forms of street protests are hereby banned across all parts of the State.

2. Members of the public should therefore note that it has come to our knowledge that both the APC and the NNPP members are currently mobilizing rented crowds in the guise of a Civil Society Coalition and without clearance from the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress and prior approval from the security agencies in the state. Both organizers, as well as the umbrella body, should note that any attempt to disrespect NLC and the Security Agencies in the state, by playing around with the fragile security situation, which the combined security agencies have been managing, is not only uncivil, criminal but also an offence against National Security.

3. Checks have so far been conducted by this Police Command and It’s revealing that some members of both two political parties are influencing the members of Civil Society to embark on this decision is merely a result of their apprehensions and to pre-empt the judgement of the election Tribunal.

4. Finally, this Police Command is ever grateful for the enormous support and cooperation it has been enjoying from the good people of the State for the peace, security, stability and overall interest of all residents.