The governor of Kano state, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has ordered the closure of the Sani Abacha Stadium for “repairs” two weeks.
The closure is coming five days to the proposed mega campaign rally of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.
According to the directives issued by Governor Ganduje, the renovation works would last two weeks.
The general renovation works will cover the installation of a new scoreboard, the repairs of running track and provision of steady water supply to all parts of the stadium facility.
Political pundits, however, said that the closure was to ensure that the PDP Presidential Campaign team does not have access to the stadium ahead of the presidential election coming up next week.