The Gubernatorial Candidate of the people’s Democratic Party in the 2019 Gubernatorial election Kano state Northwest-Nigeria Abba Kabir Yusuf has filed a case before Kano State High court over the alleged sale of Daula Hotel by Kano state Government which is currently serving as a campus of Kano University of Science and Technology.
The plaintiff Abba Kabir Yusuf Joined Kano state Government Alhaji Mudassir Idris Abubakar, Mudassir and brothers Nigeria limited, Kano state Bureau for Land Management and Attorney general of Kano state.
In a document obtained by the Nigerian Tracker, the Plaintiff Abba Kabir Yusuf filed by his lawyer Barrister Bashir Tudun Wuzurci stated the following reasons that
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‘’I Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf, male, Adult, Nigeria Citizen of Kano do make Oath and states as follows;
That I am a citizen of Kano State from Gwale Local Government of Kano State within the jurisdiction of this honorable Court.
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That I am one time the Commissioner for Works, Housing, and transport, a Gubernatorial candidate of Kano state during the 2019 general election under the platform of People’s Democratic Party (PDP).
That I was part of the executive council of Kano State from 2015 to 2019 where the major decisions of the State are takin including that of converting the Daula Hotel to Tertiary institution under the supervision of Kano State University of Science and Technology Wudil.
That by virtue of the above-stated facts I am conversant with the facts and circumstances deposed to in this affidavit.
That the 1st defendant is the Kano State Government, within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court.
That the 2nd Defendant is the Chief Executive Officer, Director and a Shareholder of the 3rd Defendant
That the 3rd defendant is a Private Company registered under the Company and Allied Matters Act within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court.
That the 4thdefendant is the agency of the 1st defendant saddled with the responsibility of issuing Certificate Of Occupancy to beneficial owners of landed properties within the Kano State including the subject matter of this Suit.
That the 5thdefendant is the chief law officer of the 1st defendant.
That I know as a matter of fact the Daula Hotel is the Kano State-owned hotel built in 1974/5 and was once one of the most beautiful and patronized hotels in Kano.
That in an attempt to restore the function of the Property after been abandoned by the subsequent administration the then Kwankwaso administration decided to convert the Hotel to one of the campuses of Kano University of Science and Technology (KUST) where Hospitality and Tourism School of the institution is situated.
That it was in line with the then administration’s effort to promote Education in Kano State that it donated to Nigerian Law School the then Bagauda Hotel owned by the Kano State Government to use as its Kano Campus.
That apart from the Hospitality and Tourism School, the institution under Kano University of Science and Technology (KUST) in Daula Hotel the state House of Assembly passed a law for the creation of 24 institutions in the State. The gazette Law is hereby attached and marked as exhibit A.
That in addition to Hospitality and Tourism School, the university is undergoing IJMB and Pre-degree Program to enable youth citizens of Kano State Who have a deficiency in going to University an opportunity to be enrolled in various Nigerian Universities.
That in fact the Kano University of Science and Technology (KUST) has already advertised and sold Application forms into various Programs to undergo such courses at the Daula Hotel Campus of the University for IJMB, Pre-degree, and Diploma in Hospitality and Tourism School for the academic year 2019/2020. The advert/form is hereby attached and marked as exhibit B.
That thousands of Kano State indigenes have graduated from the programs conducted by the Kano University of Science and Technology (KUST) at Daula Hotel Campus of the University and some have gotten jobs at various Federal and State ministries and others in private organizations.
That sadly, and to the surprise of Kano State indigenes including my humble self we heard the shocking news of the decision of the 1st defendant to allocate the property (Daula Hotel) to the 2nd Defendant who is Private Company not minding the interest of Public and the interest of thousands of Kano State indigenes who are Schooling in the premises.
That the 1st defendant failed/ refused and or neglected to utilize the existing Daula Hotel Structures and convert same into Hospital especially at this time of serious Pandemic but to allocate same to the Private Company owned by a private individual
That I know as a matter of fact that all the procedures laid down to convert the public property to private use were not followed by the 1st Defendant in allocating the Public Property to the 2ndand 3rdDefendants who are private individuals.
That the decision of the 1st defendant to allocate the Public property to Private individual the 2ndand 3rddefendants, is outside the trust entrusted to the 1st Defendant and against the public benefits.
That I know as a matter of Fact the Defendants lack valid statutory Powers to embark on issuing/allocating Public Property to Private Individuals.
That the good masses of Kano State would suffer irreparable loss and damages by the action of the 1st defendant.
That it is in the collective interest of all Kano citizens both present and the unborn generation and Rule of Law to seek the intervention of an impartial court
I depose to this affidavit in good faith and in accordance with the Oaths Act.’’
The plaintiff Abba Kabir Yusuf wants the originating summons to be served on the first second and third defendants.
