On Monday, some young people in Kano State who were enraged threw stones at the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (ret.),’s advance convoy. during a business trip to Kano.
Security had been reinforced across the Kano city as the President visited the state to initiate eight advancement projects.
The President made his way to the Aminu Kano International airport in the morning, where he was taken to the Aminu Bayero palace by helicopter.
However, enraged youths reportedly attacked Buhari’s convoy and helicopter as it hovered above them despite the heavy security presence on the routes leading to Ahmadu Bello Way, where the President was to launch the project of Galaxy Backbone Limited.
Social media videos showed the moment the angry youths threw stones at the helicopter that was supposed to be carrying the President.
In one video, citizens were seen arguing with unidentified security personnel as a convoy passed through their midst.
Another video showed teargas canisters being used to disperse the enraged crowd while a road was littered with stones.
The young protesters were heard shouting “ba ma yi” (down with you) and running around in a haphazard fashion to avoid being caught by heavily armed security personnel who were protecting the President and his convoy.
The President’s helicopter was parked at the Emir’s palace in addition to Hotoro and a few other projects that were launched. From there, he went to Kumbotso Local Government to launch the 10 megawatt solar power projects.
However, the President’s trip to Kumbotso did not record any mob attacks because he was surrounded by security personnel on a motorized Toyota Hilux with heavily armed soldiers and armed mobile police special forces.
In a recent statement that was signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Abba Anwar, the Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje, asked President Muhammadu Buhari to postpone his trip to the state to officially open some projects.
In the statement, Ganduje stated that the state’s residents had suffered as a result of the naira redesign and the January 31 deadline for old notes, and that the development enraged people.
A portion of the statement read, “Deeply concerned with the hardship caused by the limited time given by the Central Bank of Nigeria to stop using old naira notes, and for security reasons, Kano State Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje reveals that the state resolved and wrote to the presidency that the visit of the president to commission some projects to be postponed.”
However, in an interview with journalists following a meeting with Buhari in Katsina, Ganduje indicated his readiness to receive the president to commission the state’s projects.