The roof of the. podium for the swearing in of Kano State new govenor, Alh Kabir Abba Yusuf collapsed during the swearing-in ceremony in Kano on Monday.
Alh Abba Yusuf was said to be on the podium alongside Aminu Abdussalam Gwarzo, his deputy, and Dije Aboki, the acting chief judge of the state, when the roof caved in.but none of them was injured.
It was not clear as to what caused accident as at the time of filing this report.
The immediate cause of the incident could not be ascertained as of the time of this report.
The swearing in ceremony took place in about 28 states simultaneously with the presidential innaugration in Abuja.
The new Kano governor, Alh Abba Yusuf contested under the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) and defeated Alh Yusuf Gawuna of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the guber poll.
He has the backing ofSen Rabiu Kwankwaso, former governor of Kano state and presidential candidate of the NNPP, during the election.
He won the guber poll with 1,019,602 votes, while Gawuna got 890,705 votes, according to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The new governor first contested against Abdullahi Ganduje, the immediate past governor in 2019, in what was regarded as a very controversial election which went into supplementary polls.
Ganduje, who was seeking re-election at the time, eventually won after the supplementary vote.
