The Kano State government has reported that during the nationwide protest, invaders of the State High Court stole some documents related to the corruption trial of former Governor Abdullahi Ganduje.
According to Daily Trust, the Kano government had brought Ganduje, his wife Hafsat, his son Umar Abdullahi, and five others to court on eight charges of misappropriation and diversion of funds during Ganduje’s eight-year tenure as governor.
The court was one of the properties vandalized and looted by hoodlums during the #EndBadGovernance protest.
On Wednesday, Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf visited the court to assess the damage. He was shown around the premises by the Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice, Barrister Haruna Isah Dederi, the Chief Registrar of the High Court, Alhaji Abdullahi Ado Bayero, and several judges.
The governor’s spokesperson, Sunusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, stated that Yusuf described the vandalism as a deliberate act, in which hired miscreants stole corruption-related documents involving Ganduje, who faces multiple charges in court.
“It is very unfortunate that enemies of Kano State hired undesirable elements to vandalize one of the historic public buildings in an attempt to thwart corruption charges against the Acting 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 nearly all sections of the High Court, including the office of the state Chief Judge, resulting in losses exceeding N1 billion due to the theft of office equipment, the destruction of offices, the burning of cars, and the loss of other materials essential to the dispensation of justice.
