Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, said he would never stop sacking the bad eggs in his administration and demolishing buildings that violate the Kaduna State Government’s regulations on Certificate of Occupancy till his last minute in office.
The former minister made the comment on Saturday at a book presentation on him. The book authored by a reknown journalist Emmanuel Ado, is titled, “Putting The People First”.
“Any bad thing we find we will remove so that the next governor does not need to do it again. Watch out till the eleventh hour when we shall quit office, we will continue to sack bad persons and remove bad things.” El-Rufai said.
In a related development, a Shi’ites group, the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), led by Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky has cried out over moves by the state government to demolish 48 of its of properties in the State.
While addressing newsmen on the demolition in Kaduna, the movement’s Engineer Yunusa Lawal condemned the demolition plans, describing it as illegal.
Lawal said the only reason cited by the government was that IMN had been banned.
He further maintained that IMN has yet to receive any notice of demolition from the appropriate authorities.
The Shi’ites leader revealed that the group is only compelled to raise alarm as a result of the memo it stumbled across, where the movement’s buildings were mentioned for demolition.
“It is baffling to note the manner and timing of the proposed exercise! Could it be part of Mr. Dikko’s severance package? The DG, ASUPDA and his cohorts should know that their intention to destroy people’s properties/structures is evil and could be consequential sooner or later!
“It is noticed from the memo, 48 structures belonging to the Islamic Movement are earmarked for demolition across the state; 1,860 security personnel will be involved and N20,253,500 will be the cost of the demolition exercise. The sinister motive is to particularly clamp down on the Islamic Movement once again.
“To cover up the deception for the exercise, 7 other locations were earmarked, but NONE of those locations will cost up to N2,500,000 and NONE will require above 180 security personnel to execute! The total cost approved for the exercise is N29,523,500 and the total security personnel required is N2,510.
“It is, therefore, disheartening to observe that the main purpose of this demolition exercise is to, again, subjugate and oppress members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria. We view this as an act of provocation and suppression tantamount to the infringement of our fundamental human rights as citizens and indigenes of Kaduna State.
“From the memo, the acronym ‘IM’ is alien to the Islamic Movement under the leadership of Allamah, Sheikh Ibraheem Zakkaky (H) and members of the movement have their various hard earned properties/structures as citizens of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Lawal, however, accused El-Rufai of brazenly disregard rule of law throughout his 8 year tenure as Governor.
