HC Deb 18 March 1953 vol 513 c14W
82. Mr. Harold Davies

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what directive has been sent out preventing meetings of the Northern Elements Progressive Union in Kano City, Nigeria.

Mr. Lyttelton

No such directive has been issued. No political party has, however, ever been allowed to hold public meetings inside the walls of Kano owing to the danger of a breach of the peace in this densely populated city. Permission for meetings outside the walls has been given freely to both the Northern Elements Progressive Union and other political bodies.

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