The North West Zonal Vice Chairman of the All Progressives
Congress (APC), Alhaji Inuwa Abdulkadir, has instituted a N500 million suit
against the Kaduna State Government for damages.
Abdulkadir is claiming damages for his property demolished
by the state government.
Abdulkadir had withdrawn a different suit seeking to stop
the demolition of his property so as to serve the notice, which included his
demand for the half a billion naira damages.
The earlier suit was to stop the Kaduna State Urban
Development Agency (KASUPDA) and the Kaduna State Government from demolishing
his property.
Abdulkadir had accused Governor Nasir el-Rufai of
witch-hunt, saying he was being targeted over his stance on the crisis
bedevilling the APC in Kaduna and the North West in general.
Counsel to Abdulkadir, Barrister Festus Okoye, explained
that the earlier suit was withdrawn because while a motion restraining KASUPDA
from demolishing the said property was pending, the defendants mobilised
bulldozers, mobile policemen and other security agencies to pull down the
entire structure.
“In the suit in court, our claim was just for N3 million and
an injunction and order compelling them to carry out their statutory duty of
using approval for the building plan,” he said.
“Based on the new reality, we have served KASUPDA with a new
30-day pre-action notice. In the notice, we are claiming N120 million in actual
damages and N500 million in general damages.
“This is because we don’t want to be caught in the web of
abuse of court process,” he said.
Justice Mohammed Tukur Aliyu of Kaduna High Court had
earlier adjourned the case when it was mentioned on April 24, following Okoye’s
motion for adjournment in order to appraise the case because of new
developments.
The matter has been adjourned to May 22.
