Kano govt. shut down O’Pay office, gives reason

The Kano state government has ordered the police to shut down a branch of Opay office in the state. Opay is an online payment outlet for commercial tricycle operators.

The outlet, as gathered  was closed down during a raid carried out by the Kano state police command over alleged non-compliance with the government rules and directives.

The armed security personnel stormed the state office at Lodge road in Kano at about 11:00am on Thursday.

The police officers also ordered all the staff and scores of commercial tricycle operators known as Adaidaita Sahu to immediately vacate the premises, threatening anyone who failed to comply with the order risked arrest.

Confirming the development, the spokesman of the Police Command, DSP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, explained that the command received an order from Kano state government to close the office.

Haruna added that the Opay company didn’t comply with some rules set for it by the state government in order to operate