Kano judiciary probes looting of court premises

The Kano State Judiciary, on Sunday, disclosed that it has commenced an investigation to track and account for the property that was vandalised and looted by hoodlums on August 1, 2024, during the national hunger protest in Kano.

The spokesperson of Kano State High Court, Baba Ibrahim, who confirmed the commencement on Sunday, assured that the Kano High Court will make the report public as soon as it is completed.

He recalled that on Thursday, August 1, the rioters who claimed to be #EndBadGovernmentInNigeria protesters, “broke into the premises of the High Court of Justice State Headquarters, and stole an unspecified amount of money and guns seized from kidnappers and kept as exhibits in ongoing cases.”

He added, “Private and official vehicles parked at the premises of the court were razed, while some were vandalised by the protesters. Offices, including the chief judge and other judges in the court, were vandalised.

“The (protesters) destroyed the new and old case files and scattered everything in the buildings. The case exhibits, including guns kept in the court’s store, were also looted.”

Also, he explained that some of the burned vehicles parked at the court premises are exhibits in an ongoing case.

“This is the first time the Kano State Judiciary had witnessed such an incident, noting that vehicles parked at the court’s promises were also vandalised, and looted”, he said.