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A Federal High Court sitting in Kano on Friday ordered the Kano State Government to pay N30 billion as compensation to shop owners whose properties were demolished at Kofar Mata Eid praying ground in Kano city.

The applicants Incorporated Trustees of Masallacin Idi Shop Owners, Traders Association and 56 others, through their Counsel, Dr Nuraddeen Ayagi, prayed the court for the compensation.

They filed a motion exparte seeking for their enforcement of fundamental rights, right to own properties and damages against the State Government for demolishing their shops.

The respondents in the suit are: Kano State Government, Kano State Urban Development Authority, Attorney General of Kano, Nigeria Police, AIG Zone 1, Commissioner of Police Kano.

Others are Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and NSCDC Kano Commandant.

The presiding Judge, Justice Simon Amobeda, averred that the Kano state government and seven other respondents action of forcefully demolishing and vandalising the applicants shops without due process to law is illegal and unconstitutional.

“The demolishing violates the applicants right to own property, right to life cum livelihood and right to dignity of human face as unprofessional.”

Amobeda ordered the first to third respondents to tly pay the applicants the sum of N10 billion as general damages for violation of the applicants fundamental right to life and ownership of property as guaranteed by law.

“I hereby ordered the respondents to also pay the applicants additional sum of N20 billion for punitive and exemplary damages,” Amobeda said.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the respondents are yet to react to the judgment.

https://pmnewsnigeria.com/2023/09/29/demolition-court-orders-kano-govt-to-pay-n30bn-compensation-to-shop-owners/?amp=1

Nigerians are good at demolishing, not building.

That incident dented the image of the Kano State Governor and his god father

Lol iffa hear say he pay....


This one na destruction he come for....


So this one 100days in office he go add the demolition and the 30b fine to his achievement...

Judgement will be appealed asap

See what the idiocy of the NNPP governor is costing Kano State.

Interesting 🤔

The man messed up his long loved image.....

Wow, hehe

He don buy wahalahhh
He own too much with demolition..
I like what the court did to him...

NOC1:
That incident dented the image of the Kano State Governor and his god father

The guy na pure mumu. He's almost halfway out of government house anyway.

Very good..

No be to give order, na to obey. The last time I checked, Rule of Law does not work in Nigeria, except on the poor.

Cash out

Laudable

That's serious

Complete waste of tax payers money, money spent on demolition and the compensation could have made meaningful impact on the lives of the good people of Kano state.

But then, just like our leaders will always say, our problem is not money, our problem is how to spend it.

Looting pro max

Good!!!

He should be pressured to pay before he's kicked out by the supreme Court.

He's a bloody interim governor.

If he fail to pay before he's kicked out, immediately he's shown the way out, they should file a criminal charge against his person and let the court do the needful by sending him to jail.

Vagabonds In Power.


Wittyness.

The judgement is death on arrival, the said properties were built illegally on government land through fraudulent means and so demolished by the same government, case close

If it's truly deserved, then it's a good move.

Ihedioha also did the same and he was booted out

Some of those political rascals applauding the judgement probably think the 30bn is coming out of his pockets

Treamdesign22:
no be lie

There is no way 1 or 2 of his ers were not affected, he acted before taking advice. Power dey sweet like sugar but e dey burn like fire 🔥

After getting elected, they resumed intense politics so want to cancel the last guy by undoing his deeds.

Spinno:
The judgement is death on arrival, the said properties were built illegally on government land through fraudulent means and so demolished by the same government, case close

The Government will still have to follow due process before demolishing the properties.not following due process It's why nnamdi kanu was also set free by the court.

What a judgment! Kano government will go into bankruptcy and the state will all but collapse, even the judge who handed down the judgment will be forced to flee kano because of the fallout arising from his decision if it's allowed to stand.

BitterTruth01:
Some of those political rascals applauding the judgement probably think the 30bn is coming out of his pockets

He will be personally liable immediately he's shown the way out of office.

Kano state will be thrown in to a state of uproar when that guy is sacked.

He has lost his goodwill.