Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf has alleged that during the end bad governance protests hired miscreants carted away corruption charges documents on former governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, who has been facing multiple charges before the state High Court.
The governor, according to a statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary to the state governor, Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa made this know when he paid an on the spot assessment visit to Kano State High Court that was vandalized by thugs during the nationwide protests some few days ago.
The governor, according to the statement, 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 other High Court judges of the state.
“It is very unfortunate that enemies of Kano State hired undesirable elements to vandalized 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 statement quoted the governor as saying.
The statement added that 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.
According to the statement, the Governor had 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.
