Ganduje Declares Dusk-to-dawn Curfew In Kano

The Kano government has imposed a dawn-to-dusk curfew in the state.

The state government said the curfew was put in place to avoid a breakdown of law and order “following tensions generated from the collation of results of the governorship and state assembly elections”.

The commissioner for information and internal affairs,  Muhammad Garba announced the curfew on Monday morning.

He said the decision was to prevent hoodlums from causing chaos in the “already tensed situation”.

The commissioner asked residents “to remain indoors as security agents would not spare anyone or group bent on causing trouble”.

Abba Yusuf, candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), was earlier declared the winner of the Kano governorship election, defeating Yusuf Gawuna of the All Progressives Congress (APC).