Kano State government says some unidentified youths who invaded the State High Court during the nationwide protest have stolen corruption documents
Kano State government says some unidentified youths who invaded the State High Court during the nationwide protest have stolen corruption documents against the former Governor Abdullahi Ganduje.
A statement made available to journalists by the Governor’s spokesperson, Sanusi Bature, quoted the Governor saying thugs had carted away the documents.
During the just concluded nationwide protest, some aggrieved youths had invaded the court in Kano and vandalized the some parts of the building.
However, the statement by the governor on Wednesday, described the vandalization of the court as a master-minded and staged-managed mission in which the hired miscreants carted away the documents to shield the former governor, his family and aides from trial.
Kano government had dragged Ganduje, his wife, Hafsat, Umar, his Son, Umar Abdullahi, and five others to the court over 8 charges bothering on misappropriation, and diversion of funds during his eight-year tenure as governor.
The statement reads, “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.
“The miscreants destroyed virtually all units of the High Court including the office of the state Chief Judge with loss accruing to more than one billion naira through stealing of office equipment, destroying offices, burning cars and other relevant materials crucial to the dispensation of justice.
“Alhaji Abba Kabir called on the youth 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.
“The Governor assured that Judiciary as the last hope of the common man must be protected at all cost, he, therefore, directed for the immediate rehabilitation of the building with immediate effect and deployment of adequate security for effective justice delivery.
“He commiserated with the Chief Judge, Dije Abdu Aboki and the entire Judiciary family for the ugly incident urging them to brace up to cover what was lost in the court proceedings for the benefit of the common man.”
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