By INCREDIBLY, the Kano State government says invaders of the State High Court during the ill-fated protest have stolen some of the documents used in the corruption trial of former Governor Abdullahi Ganduje.
Stonix News reports that the Kano State government had dragged Ganduje, his wife, Hafsat, Umar, his Son, Umar Abdullahi, and five others to the court on an eight-count charge bordering on misappropriation and diversion of funds during his eight-year tenure as governor.
Among properties looted and vandalised in the wake of the EndBadGovernance protest was the court.
Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf, on Wednesday, paid a visit to the court to assess the damage.
He was conducted round 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.
The governor’s spokesperson, Sunusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, Yusuf, described the vandalism as a staged-managed mission in which hired miscreants carted away corruption charges documents of Ganduje who is facing multiple charges before the court.
“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 state Chief Judge with losses 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 acquisitions for a better future, emphasizing that the government would not relent in securing the lives and property of the people of Kano.
He commiserated with the Chief Judge, Dije Abdu Aboki and the entire Judiciary family for the ugly incident.
Governor Yusuf urged 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.
He prayed for sustenance of the tempo for peace, stability, and prosperity, and economic development.
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