A Federal High Court in Kano has ordered the state government to pay the Incorporated Trustees of Eid Grand Shop Owners N30 billion as compensation for the unlawful demolition of their properties.Some of the properties demolished include a three-storey building with 90 shops on a race course at the Nasarawa GRA.
The judge said the action of the Kano state government against the applicants was barbaric and unconstitutional.Reacting to the verdict, the state Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Haruna Dederi, said the court lacked jurisdiction to try the case but passed the judgement. “Those who sued the government in the matter were in court to prove that their property was illegally demolished. This is their demand from the court. They were not in the court to prove that they are owners of the lands on which they erected property.
“In anticipation of the outcome of the High Court judgement, we have since prepared our documents to appeal the judgement at the Court of Appeal Court in Kano,” he said.
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