The controversy over Court of Appeal judgments in Zamfara, Plateau, Nasarawa and Kano states has continued to elicit resistance as solidarity rallies has hit the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
Participants at the Abuja rally, largely women and community leaders, who addressed the gathering in their respective mother tongues of Hausa, Fulani, Yoruba, Igbo and others, tasked the judges of the apex court to critically look into the appeals challenging the judgments of the appelate court in the affected states.
Specifically, the protesters said they decided to stand up against the judicial injustice, especially as done to Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, who they claimed was being specifically singled out for punishment as a sacrificial lamb for 2027.
One of the protesters, who simply identified himself as Ekwerre, said: “I am from the South South and I believe that since we are all Nigerians, what affects Kano will come to affect my own Akwa Ibom one day. If, like others here, I don’t stand up against this injustice today, who will stand in solidarity with us when such unacceptable judicial injustice comes to be our turn in the future?” She asked.
Brandishing placards and banners with varied inscriptions, they made their message clear to the world saying: “Judicial Rascality in Kano, Zamfara, Plateau, Nasarawa states unacceptable,” “World should warn political leaders in Abuja against setting Nigeria on fire through judicial manipulations,” “We want justice for Kano, we want justice for Abba.” Other placards in other locations of the rally had their messages carried in their various mother tongues.
They called on President Bola Tinubu to respect the will of the people of Kano and warn Alhaji Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, Major General Aliyu Gusau (retd), Senator Hope Uzodimma, who they accused of coming all the way from Imo State to mingle with Kano and the NSA, Mr. Nuhu Ribadu, as well as their judicial agents to stay clear of Kano and let the will of the people stand because, “the people of Kano do not dilly-dally when it comes to voting in democracy. Once they make their decision, it must stand.”
The convener and speaker, Hafsat Shuaibu, said: “All these judicial corruption that is happening in Kano, we are not happy. It’s Abba Gida, Gida. It is his seat that is being taken away from him and it is the reason we are gathered in Wasa to pray for him and for his success in the whole of the matter.”
Salamatu Adamu also spoke but in Hausa signaling that the North is not happy with the judicial injustice that is happening in Kano, and that the region will do all that it takes to stand against it at any rate and at any level.