Kano state has declared a 24-hour curfew on after the state governorship and house of assembly election tribunal overturned the election of Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) declaring the APC candidate as the rightful winner.
Police in Kano, said in a statement that violators of the curfew “will be arrested and made to face the full wrath of the law.”
Ahead of the election tribunal ruling, security forces occupied major roads in the capital of Kano.
Wednesday’s ruling by a panel of five judges had sparked fears of unrest in the largely Muslim state.
The March gubernatorial vote had seen Abba Yusuf of the New Nigerian Peoples Party, a regional party, defeating ruling All Progressives Congress party candidate Nasiru Gawuna, who alleged fraud.
Yusuf can appeal the tribunal decision at the Supreme Court. It is not unusual for governorship election results to be overturned in Nigeria, which has 36 states that are presided over by state governments.
