Kano, Aug. 14, 2024 – Protesters have carted away all the case files on the corruption allegations filed by the Kano State against Abdullahi Ganduje, the APC National Chairman, at the State High Court.
Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, the Spokesman for the state governor, said this in a statement in Kano on Wednesday.
He said the Kano State High Court was among the places vandalized and set ablaze by protesters during the 10-day nationwide protests.
Tofa said the governor was furious at the development when he visited the court premises on Wednesday.
Gov. Yusuf, who paid an assessment visit to the State High Court on Wednesday, was particularly worried that all the case files of former Governor Ganduje had moved away from the court.
The governor was conducted round the court premises by the Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice, Haruna Isah Dederi, Chief Registrar of the High Court, Abdullahi Ado Bayero, and other High Court Judges of the state.
The statement alleged that the vandalism of the case files were master-minded and staged-managed.
“It is very unfortunate that enemies of Kano State hired undesirable elements to vandalise one of the historic public buildings with a mission of averting corruption charges against the Ag. National Chairman of APC and former governor of the state Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, his family and aides.”
It said the miscreants destroyed virtually all units of the High Court including the office of the state Chief Judge with a loss of more than one billion naira through the stealing of office equipment, destroying offices, burning cars and other relevant materials crucial to the dispensation of justice.
According to the statement, the governor Kabir called on the youths in the state to desist from being used by detractors to engage in violence, rather they should concentrate on skills acquisition for a better future, emphasizing that the government will not relent in securing the lives and property of the people of Kano State.
He directed the immediate rehabilitation of the building and deployment of adequate security for effective justice delivery.
Kabir commiserated with the state Chief Judge, Dije Abdu Aboki, and the entire judiciary over the incident and urged them to try and cover what was lost in the court proceedings for the benefit of the common man. (GBN)
