The Kano State government has said protesters who invaded the State High Court during the nationwide protest took away some of the documents used in the corruption trial of former Governor Abdullahi Ganduje.
The Kano government had dragged Ganduje, Hafsat, his wife, Umar, his Son, Umar Abdullahi, and five others to court over eight charges bothering on misappropriation and diversion of funds during his eight-year tenure as governor.
The court is among the properties vandalized and looted by hoodlums during the #EndBadGovernance protest.
On Wednesday, August 14, Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf visited the court to assess the damages.
The governor was conducted around the court premises by the Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice, Barrister Haruna Isah Dederi, Chief Registrar of the High Court, Alhaji Abdullahi Ado Bayero, and some judges.
According to the governor’s spokesperson, Sunusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, Yusuf described the vandalization as a staged-managed mission in which hired miscreants carted away documents of corruption charges against Ganduje.
“It is very unfortunate that enemies of Kano State hired undesirable elements to vandalize 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,” Tofa said in a statement.
The statement added that the miscreants destroyed virtually all units of the High Court including the office of the Chief Judge, with loss accruing to more than N1 billion through stealing of office equipment, destroying offices, burning cars, and other relevant materials crucial to the dispensation of justice.
Yusuf called on youths in the state to desist from being used by detractors to engage in violence.
He advised them to rather concentrate on skill acquisition for better future, emphasizing that the government would not relent in securing the lives and property of people of Kano.
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 courts proceedings for the benefit of the common man.
He also commended people of the state for their support and cooperation to the present administration, and prayed for sustenance of the tempo for peace, stability, prosperity, and economic development.
