The demonstrators, who marched peacefully, carried signs and banners expressing their concerns about the escalating situation in Kano. They urged President Tinubu to use his good offices to resolve the crisis and ensure the restoration of peace and stability in the state.
Under the auspices of the Concerned Patriots of Nigeria, the group said Governor Yusuf has taken his abuse of office to another level by dissolving the traditional council.
Recall that Governor Abba Yusuf dissolved the five emirates council and reinstated Muhammadu Sanusi II as the Emir of Kano. This came after the governor signed the Kano state emirate council (Repeal) Bill 2024 into law.
Abdullahi Muhammed Saleh, the coordinator of the group, said: “A lot had been going wrong in the state but the Concerned Patriots of Nigeria had thought it best to allow Kano state to sort out its thorny issues. However, Thursday’s brash actions of Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano state, who sacked five emirs to reappoint Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi as the 14th Emir of Kano has awoken us to the urgency of raising the alarm about the destructive excesses of the state governor.”
He continued: “Since being sworn into office, Governor Abba Yusuf has a string of loutish acts that run like a hardened criminal’s rap sheet. All in the name of rubbishing his predecessor, he started with a demolition spree that has served to impoverish the people whose lives he took an oath to improve. Thus he proved himself to be anti-people.
The Concerned Patriots of Nigeria, therefore, condemned the actions of the Kano state governor in the strongest terms possible given its anti-reason disposition.
The statement said: “The governor’s choice of actions flies in the face of reason and has no place in a sane and civilized society.
“We urge Governor Yusuf to retrace his steps and stop further undermining the peace of Kano state and by implication the peace in Nigeria. “We also condemn the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) – dominated Kano state house of assembly that they have cemented their place as a conclave of shame to have reverted into a mere rubber stamp for the megalomanic tantrums of the state governor. “They, alongside Governor Yusuf, have taken their desperation to an extent that could set the ancient city on fire and cause breaches in the land. We are here today to appeal to President Tinubu to intervene in the Kano Emirate crisis.
