Guber Polls: Kano Residents Defy Curfew, Celebrate NNPP Victory

Residents of Kano State, on Monday, took to the streets to celebrate the victory of Yusuf Abba, the New Nigerian People’s Party (NNPP) candidate at the governorship elections in spite of the curfew imposed by the state government.

It was reported that the Kano government imposed a dawn-to-dusk curfew to avoid a breakdown of law and order following the tension generated from the collation of results of the governorship and state Assembly elections.

Videos that surfaced online showed the residents in large numbers jubilating the emergence of Abba, despite the imposed curfew.

TalkGlitz had reported that the INEC Returning Officer in the state, Professor Ahmed Ibrahim, declaredYusuf Abba the winner having secured 1,019,602 votes to defeat his closest rival, Nasiru Gawuna of All Progressives Congress, who polled 890,705 votes.