Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano has established a Judicial Commission of Inquiry to determine the real sponsors of the End Bad Governance protest, which led to the damage of property in the state and diligently prosecuted them.
While speaking during the inauguration of the 14-Man Commission at the Government House on Monday, Governor Yusuf said that this move had been in line with the pledge he made, to set up this Commission regarding the senseless destruction of properties and killings of innocent lives.
What They’re Saying
The Governor had also said that the protests had begun peacefully but was eventually hijacked by enemies of the state.
In his words,
“It is on notice that I had earlier on before the protests at a town hold meeting in the Government House, before all the stakeholders, acknowledged the Constitutionality of the peaceful protests and also pledged to receive them at the Government House.”“From the beginning of the protests no single protester had any weapons on him from where they converged at Gidan MURTALA to Government House. These peaceful protesters were received at the gate of the government house by security agents but while they were waiting for me to receive them we had an unfortunate situation with hundreds of other dangerous persons with weapons coming to the gathering, attacking peaceful protesters.” He added.
“It took the security almost three hours to disperse them, they went on destroying many public buildings including the NCC building.”
“They destroyed the High Court with six Justices offices, files of highly placed cases were stolen of which the Commission is to deeply investigate the matter, including stealing of a Judge’s wigg, they went to the oldest Printing Press in Nigeria and destroyed everything, they went violent killing and attacking people.”
The Governor also highlighted that those on the Commission were men of integrity, whom he trusted to have the courage to do what is right not minding whose head was on the line.
The Chairman of the Commission, Retired Justice Lawan Wada Mahmud, had however, vowed to carry out the function of the Commission without fear or favour.
