According To This Day News, The Kano State Police Command on Tuesday explained
why it stopped the All Progressives Congress (APC)
presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari’s
one-million-man march by some youth groups in Kano.
Addressing journalists in Kano, the spokesman of the
police in the state, ASP Musa Magaji Majia, said the
Sani Abacha Stadium, the venue proposed by the
group for the rally had already been allocated for a
national league encounter between Kano Pillars and
Bayelsa United.
Majia stated that the allocation of the said venue was
done by the supervising authority on a first-come, first-
serve basis, pointing out that three different groups
had applied for the venue on the same day.
He dismissed as blackmail the insinuation that the
police action was politically motivated, adding,
however, “in a free world, people are free to hold an
opinion.”
“Nigerian Football Federation (NFF), Muslims group
whose Quran recitation was scheduled for Saturday at
the stadium were among the group that applied for
usage of the facility, and as far as I know NFF got
the nod on the basis of first-come, first-serve,” he
said.
Majia revealed that the right of usage was granted to
the General Buhari Youth Group a day after, pointing
out that the decision to prevent the group from a
street procession was based on security concerns in
the city.
The police spokesman said a similar street procession
proposed earlier by President Jonathan’s Special
Adviser on Agriculture, Dr. Baraka Sani, was denied
permission, stressing that “Kano is not like other
cities and we have the responsibility to safeguard it’s
security.”
Majia expressed the readiness of the police to work
with critical stakeholders to ensure peace and stability
in the commercial city, pointing out that they would
not be distracted by those who hold contrary opinions.
He therefore called on politicians to conduct their
activities within the confines of the law and refrain
from action or inaction that would compromise
security in the state.
why it stopped the All Progressives Congress (APC)
presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari’s
one-million-man march by some youth groups in Kano.
Addressing journalists in Kano, the spokesman of the
police in the state, ASP Musa Magaji Majia, said the
Sani Abacha Stadium, the venue proposed by the
group for the rally had already been allocated for a
national league encounter between Kano Pillars and
Bayelsa United.
Majia stated that the allocation of the said venue was
done by the supervising authority on a first-come, first-
serve basis, pointing out that three different groups
had applied for the venue on the same day.
He dismissed as blackmail the insinuation that the
police action was politically motivated, adding,
however, “in a free world, people are free to hold an
opinion.”
“Nigerian Football Federation (NFF), Muslims group
whose Quran recitation was scheduled for Saturday at
the stadium were among the group that applied for
usage of the facility, and as far as I know NFF got
the nod on the basis of first-come, first-serve,” he
said.
Majia revealed that the right of usage was granted to
the General Buhari Youth Group a day after, pointing
out that the decision to prevent the group from a
street procession was based on security concerns in
the city.
The police spokesman said a similar street procession
proposed earlier by President Jonathan’s Special
Adviser on Agriculture, Dr. Baraka Sani, was denied
permission, stressing that “Kano is not like other
cities and we have the responsibility to safeguard it’s
security.”
Majia expressed the readiness of the police to work
with critical stakeholders to ensure peace and stability
in the commercial city, pointing out that they would
not be distracted by those who hold contrary opinions.
He therefore called on politicians to conduct their
activities within the confines of the law and refrain
from action or inaction that would compromise
security in the state.
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