LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Some protesters have taken to the streets over the tribunal outcome, in defiance to the ban on demonstrations by the Police.
Reca that Kano State Police Command, had earlier banned all forms of street protests across all parts of the State, following an intelligence report on possible outrage from the judgment of the tribunal on the State election.
The State commissioner of Police, Mohammed Usain Gumel, had banned protests after members of the ruling New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) and the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) asked supporters to pour on the streets over alleged bribery of the judiciary.
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The commissioner said any attempt to disrespect the ban would be treated as an offence against National Security.
“Members of the public should therefore note that it has come to our knowledge that both the APC and the NNPP members are currently mobilizing rented crowd in the guise of Civil Society Coalition and without clearance from the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress and without prior approval from the security agencies in the state.
“Both organizers as well as the umbrella body should note that any attempt to disrespect NLC and the Security Agencies in the state, by playing around the fragile security situation, which the combined security agencies have been managing, is not only uncivil, criminal but also an offense against National Security,” he said.
However, shortly after the order, the protesters converged on the streets, headed for the Government House.