JUST IN: Tension in Kano as Governor Abba Yusuf gets 48-hour ultimatum to resign 

Tension in Kano as Governor Abba Yusuf gets 48-hour ultimatum to resign 

Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf has been given 48-hour ultimatum to resign, News Week Nigeria reports 

NNPP stakeholders have given Kano Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf a 48-hour ultimatum to resign.

This decision follows a vote of no confidence on the governor during an emergency meeting.

Members of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) in the 19 northern states have given Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano state a 48-hour ultimatum to resign from his position.

NEWS WEEK NIGERIA reports that in an emergency meeting held on Saturday, April 13, stakeholders passed a vote of no confidence on the governor, accusing him of straying from the party’s objectives and disregarding the NNPP’s development plans for the state.

In a communique sent to NEWS WEEK NIGERIA on Monday, April 15, the group expressed concerns that Governor Yusuf has been engaging in political vendetta and witch-hunting.

Attahiru Musa, president of the group, and Simeon Pam, its secretary, emphasized their dissatisfaction with the governor’s approach and called for his immediate resignation.

The communique reads in part: “As stakeholders, we can no longer pretend that all is well when clearly, nothing is working. Kano State was supposed to be the model for the Federal Government to follow