Demolitions: Court orders Kano governor to pay shop owners N30b

sitting in Kano yesterday ordered it to pay N30 billion as compensation to a group of victims of the demolition – Incorporated Trustees of Massallacin Eid Shop Owners.

Justice Samuel Amobeda who handed down the verdict labeled the action of the state government barbaric and unconstitutional.The Incorporated Trustees of Masallacin Idi Shop Owners, Traders Association and 56 others, through their counsel, Dr Nuraddeen Ayagi, had prayed the court to order the state government to pay them N250 billion as damages.

They filed a motion ex parte seeking the enforcement of their 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 and Commissioner of Police Kano.In his judgment yesterday, Justice Amobeda said the demolition violated the Applicants’ right to own property, right to life cum livelihood and right to dignity.”

He ordered the first to third respondents to jointly pay the applicants the sum of N10 billion as general damages for the breach of the applicants’ fundamental right to life and ownership of property as guaranteed by law while the remaining N20 billion is for punitive and exemplary damages.In a swift response to the judgment yesterday, the state government signified its intention to process an appeal.

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