The criminal case documents filed against the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje have been declared missing after the #EndBadGovernance protest in Kano.
What began as a peaceful demonstration against hunger and poverty in the country subsequently turned violent after suspected hoodlums hijacked the possession, and destroyed public and private properties including the state high court where sensitive materials were carted away.
Spokesperson of Kano State Government House, Sanusi Bature Dawakin-Tofa, in a statement, said Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf disclosed that the vandals were allegedly sponsored by politicians who succeeded in breaking through the registry and carted away corrupt charges documents of the former governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje.
The governor said this after he was conducted round the damaged high court premises by the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Haruna Isa Dederi, on Tuesday.
Yusuf said the vandalization was a master-minded and staged-managed mission in which the hired miscreants clinically executed.
“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,” he said.
“The miscreants destroyed virtually all units of the High Court including the office of the state Chief Judge with loss accuring 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”.
Yusuf called on the youth in the state to desist from being used by detractors to engage in violence, rather they should concentrate on skills acquisition for a better future.
He assured residents that the government will not relent in securing the lives and property of the people of Kano State.
Yusuf said an immediate reconstruction of the damaged building would commence immediately.
He commiserated with the Chief Judge, Dije Abdu Aboki, and the entire Judiciary family for the ugly incident and urged them to brace up to cover what was lost in the court proceedings for the benefit of the common man.
