Documents on Ganduje’s corruption charges were stolen by protesters says Gov.Yusuf
Gov. Abba Yusuf of Kano State says documents on corruption charges against former Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje, were looted by miscreants at the state High Court during the recent hunger protest in the state.
This is contained in a statement issued by the Governor’s Spokesperson, Mr Sanusi Bature on Wednesday in Kano.
Bature said that the governor said this when he paid an on-the- spot assessment visit to the Kano State High Court that was vandalised by suspected miscreants during the protest.
“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 Acting National Chairman of APC and former governor of the state, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, his family and aides,” he said
The governor said 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.”
He urged youths in the state to desist from being used by detractors to engage in violence.
Instead,he said, youths should concentrate on skills acquisitions for better future, assuring that government would not relent in securing the lives and property of the people of the state.
Yusuf said the judiciary as the last hope of the commonman must be protected at all costs, and directed the rehabilitation of the building with immediate effect and deployment of adequate security for effective justice delivery.
He commiserated with the state Chief Judge, Dije Abdu Aboki, and the entire Judiciary family over the ugly incident and urged them “to brace up to cover what was lost in the courts proceedings for the benefit of the commonman.”
He commended the people of the state for their support and cooperation to the present administration in the state, and prayed that the gesture would be sustained for the peace, stability, prosperity and economic development of the state.
