Mob loots Kano Mall forward of alleged deliberate demolition

A mob invaded and looted a Bureau De Change mall in Kano on Sunday in anticipation of an alleged plan by the state authorities to demolish the constructing.

Outlets within the mall positioned contained in the premises of the previous Triumph Publishing Firm in Fagge Native Authorities Space have been bought to non-public people by the instant previous administration of Abdullahi Ganduje.

PREMIUM TIMES witnessed how the mob vandalised the constructing and carted away valuables earlier than the police briefly dispersed the rampaging looters. Nonetheless, the police later turned overwhelmed, leaving the mob to proceed vandalising and looting the advanced.

On Sunday, our reporter noticed how store homeowners in properties bought by the Ganduje administration have been evacuating their belongings for concern that the federal government could demolish the buildings in a single day within the ongoing demolition train by the brand new administration.

Between Saturday and Sunday, the state authorities demolished at the least three properties it claimed have been illegally bought by the instant previous administration.

The police commissioner of the state, Muhammed Gumel, supervised the demolition.

On Saturday, a three-storey constructing with 90 retailers on a race course on the Nasarawa GRA was demolished.

On Sunday, the federal government additionally demolished Daula Resort, a three-star lodge reconstructed by the Ganduje administration beneath a Personal Public Partnership association.

The federal government additionally demolished one other construction, at Hajj Camp, bought to non-public people by the instant previous administration of the state.