Kano State governor Rabiu Kwakwanso today got more than
he bargained for today at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International airport when he was disgraced
by irate Nigerians.
The show of shame came as a result of the action of
some of his overzealous aides who tried to maltreat a family who arrived the
airport in the same flight with the governor.
Trouble started when the couple and their children
disembarked from the IRS flight and were making their way out of the tarmac when
suddenly the security aides of the governor who was also arriving pushed the couple
away with their children.
The dazed couple who were not impairing the movement of
the governor fail and injured themselves in the process with the governor not
making any attempt to caution his aides.
This action infuriated most Nigerians who witnessed the
ill treatment meted to the couple and moved into action, apprehended the
security agent beaten him to a stupor.
The whole airport environment was turbo charged and a
riot was about ensuring, when the governor was quickly ushered into his car and
he zoomed off with his security agents swallowing the humble pie.
The reaction of Nigerians according to some of those
CKN Nigeria reporters interviewed at the airport was to send a clear signal to
those in authority that the days of fragrant human right abuse and intimidations
of the citizenry is a thing of the past.
Our effort to speak to the governor or any of his aides
at the venue of the incident was abortive..CKN