Youths believed to be supporters of the New Nigeria People’s Party on Wednesday stormed the Kofar Nasarawa area of the Kano metropolis in protest against the alleged contradictions in the judgment of the Court of Appeal, which sacked the state Governor, Abba Yusuf.
The youth after attending a special prayer organised for the governor by the residents of the area at 2 pm started the protest.
The protesters clashed with policemen dispatched to the area to quell the protest.
As youths protested in Kano, confusion over the judgment persisted on Wednesday as the NNPP and the Labour Party dismissed the statements of the Court of Appeal and the All Progressive Congress that the mix-up in the Certified True Copy of the judgment was a mere clerical error.
The appellate court had in its judgment on Friday reaffirmed the sacking of the governor by the state election petitions tribunal.
But contrary to Friday’s judgment, the CTC indicated that the Court of Appeal resolved all the issues in the appeal in favour of the appellant, the governor, who was the NNPP candidate, and set aside the ruling of the state governorship election tribunal which sacked him.
There was tension in Kano on Wednesday when the NNPP supporters began a protest in the Kofar Nasarawa area after a prayer organised for the governor.
The protesters blocked the road in the community with bonfires and wood, disrupting vehicular movements.
Reacting to the alleged contradictions in the judgment, the NNPP acting National Chairman, Abba Ali, who was represented by National Secretary Dipo Olayoku, at a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday alleged that the ruling was tampered with.
Olayoku stated, “If at the point of delivering the judgment, there was a pronouncement that our appeal failed but the CTC of the same judgment in its conclusive findings actually resolved all the issues in our favour, and even awarded costs in our favour against the APC, this definitely is a riddle.