Protest as Police barricade Venue of Anti-Tinubu meeting in Kano
Some members of the ‘Tinubu Must Go’ movement have kicked against blockade of the venue where they were to hold a meeting. Abba Hikima, a lawyer and one of the conveners of the movement, raised the alarm that policemen were preventing them from accessing the venue. According to the movement, the TMG is a non-partisan […]
The 'Tinubu Must Go' movement faced a blockade at their planned meeting venue in Kano, according to a lawyer and movement convenor, Abba Hikima. Hikima claimed that over ten mobile police vehicles were stationed at the private event center where the group intended to gather. The movement, which Hikima described as non-partisan, aimed to mobilize Nigerians to vote out President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the 2027 general elections.
The group cited the administration's economic policies as the reason for their discontent. In a live video, Hikima stated that the police were preventing them from exercising their fundamental human rights to associate and exchange ideas. Despite assurances from the Commissioner of Police that the gathering would be civil and legal, the police continued to block the venue.
Hikima vowed that the group would return for future protests, emphasizing their right to do so under the Constitution. The police public relations officer did not respond to inquiries about the reason for the barricade.
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