Kano Agog As Governor Yusuf Commissions Project

Spontaneous crowds have taken over the streets of Kano metropolis as they troop out of their shops and houses to show support for Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf who was out to commission a project at Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital.

Yusuf, who was on his first public outing in the state since he was sacked by the Appeal Court in Abuja was hailed by supporters all along his way from the Government House to the Specialist Hospital, Monday evening, where the crowds took over the streets chanting songs of support, eulogies and prayers for him.

It would be recalled that the Appeal Court in Abuja had on Friday reaffirmed the judgement of the Election Petition Tribunal that sacked Governor Yusuf and declared Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna as the rightly elected governor of the state.

The All Progressives Congress (APC), had cross appealed the Election Petition Tribunal decision on whether Yusuf was a member of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) when he contested as governor.

The entire metropolis stood still due to the crowds as some were seen crying and chanting “Kano sai Abba, four-plus-four” (Kano is for Abba, two terms).

Yusuf commissioned the Accident and Emergency Unit of the Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital as one of the several projects he had embarked upon since his election.

As the news went round to other projects he was inspecting after the Specialist Hospital, that include Nuhu Bamalli Maternity Hospital and a road project at Wujuwuju in Goron Dutse quarters, more and more supporters poured out on the streets.