Daily Trust
Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State, on Friday, ordered the State Urban Development Board to immediately unseal the Maiduguri headquarters of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP).
Daily Trust had reported how the board sealed the headquarters of NNPP on Thursday and arrested a senatorial candidate of the party.
In a statement issued through his spokesman, Malam Isa Gusau, the governor described the action as “wrong timing”.
But the governor’s spokesman said as soon as the Governor became aware of the board’s action, he directed that it should be reversed.
The statement reads, “The good people of Borno State are well aware that in the last three years, the Borno State Urban Development Board has been carrying out series of reforms which included sealing of some buildings operated by individuals, corporate bodies like Banks and even some government institutions which issues contravened laws relating to non compliance with Maiduguri’s town planning procedures.
“Although the board claimed to have acted in the same regard in acted against other offices, by sealing the NNPP’s headquarters for wrongful conversion of residential area for office purpose, Governor Zulum regards the board’s action as that of wrong timing…
