Breaking: Police block ‘Tinubu must go’ gathering in popular northern state

• Members of the ‘Tinubu Must Go’ motion collected in Kano on Sunday, October 11, 2026, just to discover authorities obstructing access to their paid place
• Convener Abba Hikima, an attorney, stated about 10 mobile police cars were stationed outside the occasion centre to stop the group from going into
• Hikima mentioned areas 35, 39, and 40 of the Nigerian Constitution, firmly insisting the group required no cops consent to hold the event

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Kano State – Members of the ‘Tinubu Must Go’ (TMG) motion were obstructed from going into an independently employed location in Kano State on Sunday, October 11, 2026, after mobile authorities systems surrounded the place ahead of a scheduled conference.

Abba Hikima, an attorney and among the motion’s conveners, raised the alarm in a live video broadcast on his validated Facebook page. Using a t-shirt and fez cap bearing the engraving ‘Tinubu Must Go’.

As reported by Daily Trust, he informed audiences that roughly 10 mobile squad cars had actually been stationed outside the occasion centre to avoid members from entering.

“Today, the 11th of October 2026, we gathered here in Kano State to exercise our fundamental human rights and to associate freely to exchange ideas and educate ourselves on the need to send away the administration of Bola Ahmed Tinubu in Nigeria,” Hikima stated in the video. A number of police officers showed up in the background.

TMG mentions humans rights

Hikima stated the Kano State Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Bakori, had actually called him the previous day to state the group ought to have informed security companies of the event.

He informed Bakori the conference would be kept in an enclosed area and would stay tranquil, considered that those included were lawyers.

He went on to argue that Nigerian law no longer needs groups to get cops approval before putting together, indicating areas 35, 39, and 40 of the Constitution, which secure individual liberty, flexibility of expression, and liberty of association respectively.

“The provision of the law is clear that you no longer need police permission to have any gathering. The way you do it in your weddings is the way we have the right to gather here in this event centre and hold this programme,” Hikima stated.

He likewise revealed that a person officer informed him the authorities had no objection to the group itself, just to the insignia its members were using. Hikima declined that condition outright.

“It is our right to do this. It is not insulting. It is not oppressive. It is nothing. It is entirely political,” he stated.

He promised that the motion would go back to hold demonstrations and presentations. His remarks were consulted with chants of ‘Tinubu Must Go’ from those present.

What TMG states it means

The motion explains itself as a non-partisan platform concentrated on public knowledge, with the mentioned objective of mobilising Nigerians to vote President Bola Ahmed Tinubu out of workplace at the 2027 basic elections.

The group has actually connected its project to the administration’s financial policies, which it states have actually triggered extensive challenge.

The Kano State Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, did not respond to calls and did not respond to text or WhatsApp messages sent out to him.

Atiku responds to detain of for using’Tinubu needs to go ‘T-shirts

Legit.ng Reported that previous Vice President Atiku Abubakar required the release of 5 Nigerians apparently held in Borno State over T-shirts bearing a political motto.

Atiku’s declaration, provided through his ADC Presidential Campaign Council, challenged the legal basis for apprehending residents over an expression on clothes.

NP drew a direct parallel in between Tinubu’s previous demonstrations versus Jonathan’s fuel policy and the existing arrests.

Source: Legit.ng