Violent Protests have broken out, Monday, in Kaduna and Kano states over presidential elections results which favour the emergence of President Goodluck Jonathan as winner of Saturday’s election.
According to BBC, young supporters of Muhammadu Buhari, who is popular in the north, have been clashing with police.
Meanwhile, Governor Patrick Yakowa of Kaduna State and Ibrahim Shekarau of Kano have imposed curfew on their states. According to BBC reports, smoke is billowing over the skyline in Kano as angry youths burn tyres across the city while the Police fired tear gas, appealing for calm on state radio.
School children were said to have been sent home as businesses are closing.
A curfew was imposed, Sunday in Gombe state, as protests were also reported in parts of Adamawa, Sokoto, Katsina and Bauchi states.
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