Photos: Kano police stop mass wedding events, block distribution of materials to Kwankwasiyya brides and grooms
Police vehicles allegedly blocked the access road to Lugard house
where the distribution of
materials to the brides and grooms of the Kwankwasiyya Mass Wedding was
supposed to take place last Sunday, August 21th, Red Cap Movement
reports.
According to Daily
Trust, police authorities had on August 18, stopped mass wedding events
separately organized by the state government and former governor Rabiu
Musa Kwankwaso. A statement by police spokesman, DSP Magaji Musa Majia, read:
"The Kano State Police Command, in
conjunction with other Security Agencies in the state, wishes to inform
the general public that the planned events earlier announced to hold on
Saturday at Sani Abacha Indoor Stadium Kofar Mata and Polo Ground along
Club Road Kano respectively have been banned indefinitely."
Kwankwaso had planned to marry off 100
divorcees through his Kwankwasiyya foundation and the event was
scheduled to take place on Saturday at Polo Ground, while the Governor
Umar Abdullahi Ganduje administration was also to conduct another mass
wedding at Sani Abacha Indoor Stadium same day.
The police said security intelligence available to it revealed that some disgruntled elements, were preparing to use the occasions to perpetuate havoc in the State.
However, a political associate of Kwankwaso, Alhaji Aminu Abdulsalam,
faulted the decision of the police, saying "we are going to hold our
event on Sunday unfailingly. Preparations have reached advance stage in
that respect. So we are committed to this event and God willing it will
hold on Sunday."
Photo credit: Red Cap Movement
Additional report: Daily Trust
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